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Jewish rocker Ezra Furman announces she’s a woman — and a mom

“This has not been an easy journey,” wrote the acclaimed musician, who often references her Judaism in her indie rock songs.

By Lisa Keys April 22, 2021 5:02 pm

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The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt transits the Pacific Ocean Jan. 25, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kaylianna Genier)

Hasidic sailor does not have to shave his beard, federal judge rules

Edmund Di Liscia, a petty officer 3rd class in the Navy, is arguing that he has a waiver for religious reasons.

April 20, 2021 9:54 am

A year into the pandemic, Conservative Jews consider whether to make Zoom prayer permanent

The movement’s legal authorities are considering whether an emergency ruling allowing the convening of a prayer quorum online should outlive the pandemic.

April 8, 2021 1:46 pm

belarus Lyubov Arkhiptsova-Volchek stands at her home in Hlusk, Belarus in March 2021. (From the Depths)

‘Not too late to show gratitude’: First housing project for elderly rescuers who saved Jews in the Holocaust launches in Belarus

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 7, 2021 3:39 pm

This chef, born next to a Minsk matzah factory, is delivering meals to Holocaust survivors

By Shira Hanau April 5, 2021 11:19 am

Meet the 27-year-old amplifying the sounds of the Borscht Belt (and listen to his favorite Yiddish songs)

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 2, 2021 10:07 am

How Duolingo created a Yiddish course with a secular scholar and Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn

By Gabe Friedman April 1, 2021 5:01 pm

Christian Passover seder with challah braided in the shape of a cross draws Twitter anger

By Gabe Friedman March 30, 2021 10:46 am

A matzah NFT: Clubhouse and BuzzFeed’s Passover event will feature a digital afikomen

By Gabe Friedman March 26, 2021 3:05 pm

Matzahs travel on the production line of the Tiferet HaMatzot factory in Dnepro, Ukraine on Dec. 8, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

Jews in the former Soviet Union eat pounds of matzah per person — the most in the world — every year. Here’s why.

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 26, 2021 12:46 pm

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Jewish rocker Ezra Furman announces she’s a woman — and a mom

Hasidic sailor does not have to shave his beard, federal judge rules

A year into the pandemic, Conservative Jews consider whether to make Zoom prayer permanent

‘Not too late to show gratitude’: First housing project for elderly rescuers who saved Jews in the Holocaust launches in Belarus

This chef, born next to a Minsk matzah factory, is delivering meals to Holocaust survivors

Meet the 27-year-old amplifying the sounds of the Borscht Belt (and listen to his favorite Yiddish songs)

How Duolingo created a Yiddish course with a secular scholar and Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn

Christian Passover seder with challah braided in the shape of a cross draws Twitter anger

A matzah NFT: Clubhouse and BuzzFeed’s Passover event will feature a digital afikomen

Jews in the former Soviet Union eat pounds of matzah per person — the most in the world — every year. Here’s why.

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