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What’s everybody reading? Readers suggest the defining Jewish books of the 21st century

Amid war and an election, the Jewish mainstream bends to the right — and not just on Israel

On a roots journey from NYC to Poland, I packed my great-grandfather’s tallis

After I fell behind in public school, I found my place in a Jewish school’s special education program

What the co-chair of Columbia University’s antisemitism task force says people get wrong about the campus protests

On a mission to Auschwitz, I found hope amid the ashes

Three new books capture an era when Jews were (literally) on the same page

For American Jews like me, supporting Israel now means telling the truth about its government

I’m an NYC schools consultant. Here’s what I tell parents worried about antisemitism.

How Judaism makes every day Thanksgiving Day

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