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Israeli forces prevent protesters to enter Huwara

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The Purim story starts in fear and ends in vengeance. Can America and Israel break that cycle?

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A history of Mel Brooks as a ‘disobedient Jew’

Jewish literature and American studies scholar Jeremy Dauber centers Jewish identity in a new biography of the director and actor.

March 5, 2023 7:00 am

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My mom’s hamantaschen recipe carries the memories that she is losing

A Jewish educator reflects on the Purim cookie she used to make with her mother, who has been diagnosed with aphasia.

March 3, 2023 12:52 pm

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The settlers’ attack on Huwara is not the Orthodox Judaism I grew up on

By Aviad Houminer-Rosenblum March 2, 2023 11:45 am

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The JTA conversation: Pogrom? Terrorism? What do we call what happened in Huwara?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll February 28, 2023 1:51 pm

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On one foot: Digital innovator and ‘Tech Shabbat’ pioneer Tiffany Shlain’s lessons from 3 years living online

By Andrew Silow-Carroll February 26, 2023 7:00 am

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Beyond the ‘Day of Hate’: The best strategy to keep American Jews safe over the long term

By Yehuda Kurtzer February 24, 2023 11:49 am

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Richard Belzer was a Jewish comedian. Why didn’t his obituaries say so?

By Eddy Portnoy February 23, 2023 11:15 am

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Hebrew Israelites and Jews of color are not the same, and it’s not racist for us to say so

By Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal and Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg and Gulienne Rollins-Rishon February 21, 2023 4:14 pm

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Among Ukraine’s Jews, a year of war has transformed the ordinary into the sacred

By Alex Weisler February 21, 2023 2:14 pm

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The Purim story starts in fear and ends in vengeance. Can America and Israel break that cycle?

A history of Mel Brooks as a ‘disobedient Jew’

My mom’s hamantaschen recipe carries the memories that she is losing

The settlers’ attack on Huwara is not the Orthodox Judaism I grew up on

The JTA conversation: Pogrom? Terrorism? What do we call what happened in Huwara?

On one foot: Digital innovator and ‘Tech Shabbat’ pioneer Tiffany Shlain’s lessons from 3 years living online

Beyond the ‘Day of Hate’: The best strategy to keep American Jews safe over the long term

Richard Belzer was a Jewish comedian. Why didn’t his obituaries say so?

Hebrew Israelites and Jews of color are not the same, and it’s not racist for us to say so

Among Ukraine’s Jews, a year of war has transformed the ordinary into the sacred

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