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Was the Jewish Bronx the ‘paradise’ that it seemed?

A new book charts the rise and fall of a short-lived haven for working-class immigrants and their soon-to-be upwardly mobile children.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll February 9, 2025 6:45 am

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I was raised on Peter Yarrow’s songs — but don’t think Jewish communities should sing them

Yarrow’s conviction for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl taints his music, writes the director of the Women’s Rabbinic Network.

February 6, 2025 4:00 pm

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My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.

You don’t counter the fantasy of erasing Israel by proposing the same for Gaza, writes an Israeli influencer whose family was forced to leave Iraq and Tunisia.

February 5, 2025 5:02 pm

Ideas

LA Jews are all mourners now — experiencing both the grief and hope our tradition understands

By Rabbi Nicole Guzik February 3, 2025 11:57 am

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Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power

By Andrew Silow-Carroll February 2, 2025 6:45 am

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Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

By Joshua Schultheis January 28, 2025 12:29 pm

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Remembering Clinton Bailey, an Israeli scholar who preserved Bedouin culture

By Shira Hecht-Koller January 27, 2025 5:04 pm

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A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 26, 2025 6:45 am

Ideas

Bishop Mariann Budde angered Donald Trump with her inauguration sermon. Rabbis like me should have such courage.

By Rabbi Micah Streiffer January 23, 2025 6:53 pm

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An installation in Pennsylvania marks a milestone in the journey of Orthodox women rabbinic leaders

By Rabba Sara Hurwitz January 22, 2025 2:33 pm

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Was the Jewish Bronx the ‘paradise’ that it seemed?

I was raised on Peter Yarrow’s songs — but don’t think Jewish communities should sing them

My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.

LA Jews are all mourners now — experiencing both the grief and hope our tradition understands

Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power

Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

Remembering Clinton Bailey, an Israeli scholar who preserved Bedouin culture

A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’

Bishop Mariann Budde angered Donald Trump with her inauguration sermon. Rabbis like me should have such courage.

An installation in Pennsylvania marks a milestone in the journey of Orthodox women rabbinic leaders

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