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Those we lost in 2020: Remembering the rabbis, pioneers, innovators and family members

Even beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jewish world lost some of its most famous and influential pillars.

By Gabe Friedman December 28, 2020 11:46 am

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The latest Christmas song written by a Jewish musician: Adam Weiner’s ‘Christmas Makes Me Cry’

The indie rocker told NPR he has “all kinds of mixed feelings about the Christmas season.”

December 23, 2020 4:38 pm

What blessing should you say when you get the COVID-19 vaccine? We asked rabbis for their guidance.

Reform, Conservative and Orthodox spiritual leaders turned to different ideas from within Jewish texts and tradition.

December 23, 2020 12:21 pm

Amar’e Stoudemire shares his Jewish journey, from young scholar to aspiring ‘prophet’

By Gabe Friedman December 23, 2020 12:08 pm

This 118-year-old Jewish bakery in India is a hit on Christmas

By Christabel Lobo December 23, 2020 11:49 am

Why non-Jews around the world love ‘Shtisel,’ in their own words

By Esther D. Kustanowitz December 21, 2020 3:20 pm

Israeli chief rabbi gives his blessing to institutions in UAE, marking new era of religious Jewish life in Dubai and beyond

By Asma Ali Zain December 21, 2020 2:32 pm

Ideas

Growing up in Iran, Hanukkah just wasn’t on my radar. That’s made Jewish parenting in America hard.

By Orly Minazad December 18, 2020 1:53 pm

Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén, second from left, meets with rabbis in Budapest, Hungary on Nov. 18, 2019. (EMIH)

Hungary calls EU’s ruling against kosher slaughter a ‘disgrace’

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 18, 2020 12:26 pm

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