Ideas

Ideas

An Indiana court ruled that Jews have a religious liberty right to abortion. Here’s why that matters.

The ruling suggests that a Jewish right to abortion is no longer merely a theoretical argument in the United States, a legal scholar writes.

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To mark our brokenness this Passover, let’s scale back the matzah on our seder tables

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, CEO of the Hadar Institute, says temporarily taking away a matzah has precedents in Jewish tradition.

Ideas

How a 100-year-old law changed American immigration policy to this day

Jewish scholars talk about the Johnson-Reed act, which ended an era of open borders

Literature celebrates nuance. So why does the book world feel so one-sided on Israel?

Joe Lieberman's kids

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’

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

Keith Siegel grew up in North Carolina and moved to Israel. Now he’s a hostage in Gaza.

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

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