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A new memoir tries to mend the pieces of the author’s broken Cuban-Jewish family

In “Dwell Time,” art conservator Rosa Lowinger tells what her family found and lost when they settled in Miami.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll September 3, 2023 6:45 am

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Fighting society’s disintegration is a group effort. Just ask Moses.

We don’t have many more tools than Moses had to shape collective behavior, writes a senior vice president at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.

September 1, 2023 10:18 am

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One Palestinian, one Jew, and two very different impressions of ‘Golda’

A Jewish academic felt protective of Meir’s legacy. A former negotiator for the Palestinians was infuriated.

August 31, 2023 4:30 pm

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‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ is about Jews. So why is the nicest character Christian?

By Keren David August 31, 2023 11:11 am

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Everything my college student needs to know he learned at synagogue

By Rabbi Dave Levy August 29, 2023 9:12 am

The Sit-Down Ideas

‘Golda’ focuses on a few grim weeks in the life of Israel’s first female prime minister. A biographer wants you to see the bigger picture.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 25, 2023 1:00 pm

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An Israeli envoy looks back on 5 tumultuous and gratifying years in New York

By Israel Nitzan August 23, 2023 5:46 pm

The Sit-Down Ideas

A rabbi answers her congregants’ question: Why do they hate us?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 20, 2023 6:45 am

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How the Bible anticipated Israel’s fight over the judiciary

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 13, 2023 6:45 am

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Where conflict is news, stories of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation go missing

By Michael M. Cohen August 10, 2023 4:51 pm

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A new memoir tries to mend the pieces of the author’s broken Cuban-Jewish family

Fighting society’s disintegration is a group effort. Just ask Moses.

One Palestinian, one Jew, and two very different impressions of ‘Golda’

‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ is about Jews. So why is the nicest character Christian?

Everything my college student needs to know he learned at synagogue

‘Golda’ focuses on a few grim weeks in the life of Israel’s first female prime minister. A biographer wants you to see the bigger picture.

An Israeli envoy looks back on 5 tumultuous and gratifying years in New York

A rabbi answers her congregants’ question: Why do they hate us?

How the Bible anticipated Israel’s fight over the judiciary

Where conflict is news, stories of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation go missing

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