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On June 23, federal judge Tanya Walton Pratt upheld an Indiana law banning registered sex offenders from accessing Facebook and other forms of social media used by children—who, statistically speaking, have largely been targeting each other. It is juvenile sex offenders who are responsible for 35.6 percent of all sex offenses against minors in the […]

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In light of the letter in the June 15 issue by H. Lewis criticizing the New York Jewish Community Relations Council, we think it imperative to respond. The New York JCRC is one of the leading organizations in the nation in fighting BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) and advocating on behalf of Israel. None of […]

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Rabbi Laura Geller’s innovative creation of 13 “merit badges” which defined the path to the bar/bat mitzvah ceremony recalled for me my exciting years as a Boy Scout decades ago (“URJ Overhauling The Bar/Bat Mitzvah,” Editor’s column, June 22). It made me wonder whether the “terminal degree” function of the bar/bat mitzvah could be replaced […]

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