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The New York Jewish Week is the home of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s New York coverage.

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The Jewish Week makes it a policy to glorify “cultural” Judaism frequently at the expense of “religious” (especially Orthodox) Judaism. Yet the paper also laments the lack of Jewish involvement of half the Jewish population of New York, as per the latest UJA-Federation of New York study. Many articles ponder how we can get more […]

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An Israeli woman doesn’t have to frequent bars around an army base to meet a soldier. Instead, they meet naturally, since both men and women are drafted into army service. Just ask Chen. Nine years ago, when she was 19, Chen Yadid was stationed at the underground military command center in Tel Aviv. “I socialized […]

There’s a funny e-card that you can send to your friends that reads: “It would really help me in the office pool if you would fail at your New Year’s resolution sometime between January 7th and 9th.” Once I stopped chuckling, I thought a bit about what the sentiments and assumptions were behind this card. […]

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