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Can Jews sing ‘Dayenu’ while there are hostages? The Passover seder gets a post-Oct. 7 rethink.

In Israel and the U.S., rabbis are creating resources to help Jews process the Oct. 7 attack and Israel-Hamas war during the Passover seder.

By Jacob Gurvis March 5, 2024 2:24 pm

A collage of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel campus protests, along with images of elite university presidents testifying about antisemitism before Congress, linked together with a stack of books, red tape and a giant "VI".

Search our database of Title VI discrimination investigations at schools and colleges since Oct. 7

The investigations into alleged antisemitic discrimination span every kind of educational institution from K-12 schools to public and private universities to for-profit online schools.

February 29, 2024 2:10 pm

Jenni Asher is set to become first ordained Black woman cantor

Asher will be one of only two Black cantors in the country.

February 27, 2024 5:39 pm

Central Synagogue presents a ‘regendered’ version of the Hebrew Bible, with music and art

By Rachel Ringler February 27, 2024 4:57 pm

Jewish teens are looking at a new factor in their college search: antisemitism

By Jacob Gurvis February 16, 2024 5:09 pm

Ideas

What Jewish mysticism can teach us about psychedelics

By Jay Michaelson February 8, 2024 3:24 pm

Pope Francis, seen at a Holy Mass in Vatican City in June 2019. (Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Pope Francis denounces ‘terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world’

By Jackie Hajdenberg February 5, 2024 4:09 pm

After Art Green sexual misconduct revelations, his students and followers reckon with the fallout

By Jackie Hajdenberg February 5, 2024 1:09 pm

When Judaism didn’t offer rituals for a stillbirth, a grieving couple created their own

By Jackie Hajdenberg January 30, 2024 10:30 am

Conservative movement maintains its ban on officiating at intermarriages but urges its rabbis to engage more with interfaith families

By Jacob Gurvis January 29, 2024 10:52 am

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Can Jews sing ‘Dayenu’ while there are hostages? The Passover seder gets a post-Oct. 7 rethink.

Search our database of Title VI discrimination investigations at schools and colleges since Oct. 7

Jenni Asher is set to become first ordained Black woman cantor

Central Synagogue presents a ‘regendered’ version of the Hebrew Bible, with music and art

Jewish teens are looking at a new factor in their college search: antisemitism

What Jewish mysticism can teach us about psychedelics

Pope Francis denounces ‘terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world’

After Art Green sexual misconduct revelations, his students and followers reckon with the fallout

When Judaism didn’t offer rituals for a stillbirth, a grieving couple created their own

Conservative movement maintains its ban on officiating at intermarriages but urges its rabbis to engage more with interfaith families

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