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The Sit-Down

The rabbi who survived the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 5 years ago considers hope in a dark time for the world’s Jews

10 years and 318 million words later, Sefaria brings Torah study into the digital age

‘Golda’ focuses on a few grim weeks in the life of Israel’s first female prime minister. A biographer wants you to see the bigger picture.

A rabbi answers her congregants’ question: Why do they hate us?

Why Donniel Hartman sees a brighter Israeli future — in 2026

At the heart of the film ‘Oppenheimer’ is a clash between real-life Jews

A legal scholar sizes up the religious argument against abortion bans

Rabbi David Wolpe, stepping down from a top pulpit, wants you to stop arguing and start listening

A new book made me appreciate Jewish Sunday schools — and the volunteer women who have powered them

Letty Cottin Pogrebin wants Jews to own up to the corrosive power of shame

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