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Ideas

My stepfather, Joe Lieberman, modeled integrity inside and out

“His faith allowed him to connect to others of faith, or to anyone seeking a voice of conviction and principle,” writes the president of Hadar.

By Rabbi Ethan Tucker April 3, 2024 1:06 pm

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What I told my children when our synagogue was graffitied with a swastika

“This is the complicated, real truth of what it means to be Jewish in America right now,” writes a mother and rabbi’s wife from suburban Philadelphia.

April 1, 2024 5:05 pm

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Growing up Jewish on the Upper West Side ‘when housing was a human right’

Jennifer Baum’s hybrid memoir, “Just City,” recalls her childhood in a subsidized co-op on West 96th Street.

March 31, 2024 6:53 am

The Sit-Down Ideas

Why Rabbi Shai Held says love is the cornerstone of Jewish belief and practice

By Andrew Silow-Carroll March 24, 2024 6:45 am

Ideas

Out of all the Israeli hostages in Gaza, the one I think about most is Keith Siegel

By Jane Gabin March 22, 2024 12:43 pm

Ideas

Purim features a fast before the festival. It’s a ritual I need in these dark times.

By Esther Sperber March 18, 2024 1:57 pm

The Sit-Down Ideas

How Israel’s Black Panthers radicalized its Mizrahi Jews, and changed the country

By Andrew Silow-Carroll March 17, 2024 6:45 am

Ideas

How do we celebrate Purim in a time of mourning? We’re not the first Jews to face that question.

By David I. Bernstein March 14, 2024 1:04 pm

Ideas

For every looted Schiele, there are countless looted Jewish artifacts. They need to be returned to their rightful owners, too.

By Gideon Taylor March 12, 2024 10:00 am

Ideas

On this International Women’s Day, I celebrate the generosity of my forebears in Exodus

By Rabbi Rebecca Blady March 8, 2024 10:01 am

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My stepfather, Joe Lieberman, modeled integrity inside and out

What I told my children when our synagogue was graffitied with a swastika

Growing up Jewish on the Upper West Side ‘when housing was a human right’

Why Rabbi Shai Held says love is the cornerstone of Jewish belief and practice

Out of all the Israeli hostages in Gaza, the one I think about most is Keith Siegel

Purim features a fast before the festival. It’s a ritual I need in these dark times.

How Israel’s Black Panthers radicalized its Mizrahi Jews, and changed the country

How do we celebrate Purim in a time of mourning? We’re not the first Jews to face that question.

For every looted Schiele, there are countless looted Jewish artifacts. They need to be returned to their rightful owners, too.

On this International Women’s Day, I celebrate the generosity of my forebears in Exodus

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