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Toward A Fully Inclusive Community

We were pleased to read Helen Chernikoff’s article this week highlighting the Special Needs Camp Tour, a three-day trip organized by the Jewish Funders Network and the Foundation for Jewish Camp. It was, indeed, a privilege to have experienced the visits with a group of FJC board members, JFN Disabilities and Special Needs peer network […]

Ukrainians Replace Plaque Mentioning Jews At Babi Yar

The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s European office, the Russian Holocaust Center of Moscow and Verbe et Lumiere criticized Ukrainian authorities Monday for replacing a plaque at Babi Yar identifying the thousands of Jews murdered there during the Holocaust with an epitaph referencing only “the peaceful citizens of Rostov-on-the-Don and Soviet prisoners of war.” Critics called the […]

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Orthodox Gays Need Allies, Not Just Compassion

A few months ago, a young Orthodox rabbi decided to “come out of the closet,” in a sense, when he publicly identified himself as an “LGBT ally,” referring to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, founder of Uri L’Tzedek, an Orthodox social justice group, and a director of the UCLA Hillel, explained […]

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Toward A Fully Inclusive Community

Ukrainians Replace Plaque Mentioning Jews At Babi Yar

Orthodox Gays Need Allies, Not Just Compassion

Ditmas Park’s Jewish Dinner Party

The Challenge Of Charity

The Times’ Kosher Berger

Answering To A Lower Authority

Russian Speakers Get The White House Treatment

Sailing To Gold

Israeli Men Do ‘Romeo And Juliet’

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