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There has been considerable consternation and media coverage of late about how child sex abuse cases are handled in the haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, community. The Brooklyn district attorney, no doubt feeling the pressure, is now pushing for legislation that would require rabbis to report such crimes to the authorities. This scandal has been discussed for […]

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Colorblind people see the world in a different way. In Jessica Fleitman’s “Deuteranomaly,” now playing at the Planet Connections Theater Festivity, a Jewish family struggles with a son’s visual deficit. Based on the scientific term for a relatively mild form of colorblindness — which affects mostly men, making it difficult for them to distinguish between […]

My friend’s tone was less buoyant than usual. What was wrong? Was it his marriage? Well, yes. His voice softened. It seemed unlikely that his wife would stay with him. But there was something else on his mind that day, something that even his wife of more than a decade didn’t know about until recently. […]

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