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We couldn’t save the Bibas boys, but we can still choose life

As hostage bodies come home to Israel, a grieving writer draws on the historic resilience of the Jewish people.

By Meg Keene February 20, 2025 2:23 pm

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The Bibas family embodied our hope and despair. Where do we turn when hope is dashed?

As the bodies of an Israeli mother and her children are returned to Israel, a synagogue educator wonders what she is going to tell her students.

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Are charter schools public schools? The question that has divided educators now has religious implications.

The Supreme Court case that could open the door to publicly funded Jewish day schools hinges on this question, an attorney writes.

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I liked the AI Jews-against-Kanye video — and we should all be terrified of it

By Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin February 12, 2025 3:03 pm

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Was the Jewish Bronx the ‘paradise’ that it seemed?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll February 9, 2025 6:45 am

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I was raised on Peter Yarrow’s songs — but don’t think Jewish communities should sing them

By Mary Zamore February 6, 2025 4:00 pm

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My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.

By Hen Mazzig February 5, 2025 5:02 pm

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LA Jews are all mourners now — experiencing both the grief and hope our tradition understands

By Rabbi Nicole Guzik February 3, 2025 11:57 am

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Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power

By Andrew Silow-Carroll February 2, 2025 6:45 am

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Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

By Joshua Schultheis January 28, 2025 12:29 pm

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We couldn’t save the Bibas boys, but we can still choose life

The Bibas family embodied our hope and despair. Where do we turn when hope is dashed?

Are charter schools public schools? The question that has divided educators now has religious implications.

I liked the AI Jews-against-Kanye video — and we should all be terrified of it

Was the Jewish Bronx the ‘paradise’ that it seemed?

I was raised on Peter Yarrow’s songs — but don’t think Jewish communities should sing them

My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.

LA Jews are all mourners now — experiencing both the grief and hope our tradition understands

Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power

Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

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