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Rutgers University’s president rightly condemned The Medium’s publication of a vile op-ed mocking and trivializing the Holocaust, and falsely claiming it was written by Aaron Marcus, a Jewish pro-Israel student (“Medium Paper, Large Insult,” April 10). The Medium’s response to the pain it caused Marcus makes clear just how much work Rutgers needs to do […]

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At Temple Israel, survivor Ina Soep Polak describes the unique circumstances that kept her alive during the Holocaust.

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Did you chant a Haftorah at your bar or bat mitzvah? Do you remember what it was about? Have you chanted any others since then? Rabbi Joy Levitt, executive director of the JCC in Manhattan, believes that the heavy emphasis on teaching youngsters to chant a Haftorah on their special days is a sign of […]

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