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Waiting For The Right Holocaust Angle

Noted young German novelist Daniel Kehlmann is finally tackling Jewishness and the Nazis in a new play.

A Kind Word About Unkind Words

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 7:30 p.m. Torah: Lev. 12:1-15:33 Haftarah: II Kings 7:3-20 Havdalah: 8:33 p.m. It is customary at this point in our Torah lectionary cycle for rabbis to sermonize on the dangers of lashon hara, gossip. We are reminded, for example, of the Midrashic statement that gossip kills three people: the speaker, the […]

Abuse Case Dates Suggest Brooklyn DA Is Cooking Numbers For Kol Tzedek Hotline

At least eight arrests happened before Orthodox community effort was launched, Jewish Week finds.

Brooklyn DA, In Shift, Opens Window On Abusers’ Names

The Kibbutz At 100

‘I Like To Attack’

French Jews’ Fears Rising

Anxiety In Both Camps As General Campaign Begins

The Ever-Dying Art Of Jewish Humor

‘Second Stage’ For Startups

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