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Ideas

I’m a queer Mizrahi Jew who left the NY Orthodox world. This ‘bubby’ took me in.

Je’Jae Cleopatra Daniels left their family but found a new one through a woman who ran an unlisted shelter home.

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My Jewish father volunteered at Ground Zero. Here’s how we’re honoring him now.

Elisha Gechter’s father volunteered at Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11 — a selfless act that led to health issues later in life. Here’s how her family honors him today.

This Jewish family has been making honey wine for 150 years

The Holocaust nearly eradicated the business, and now COVID has served as a pivotal moment and an agent for needed changes.

Ideas

I left my Hasidic community. ‘Schitt’s Creek’ helped me put things in perspective.

Passengers traveling on the Stresa-Mottarone cable car in July 2009. (Wikimedia Commons)

Global

5 Israelis from one family among 14 dead in cable car crash in Italy

Ideas

Raising Asian Jewish kids in the US has never been scarier

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My mom is Japanese and my dad is Jewish. Their love is not a punchline.

Ideas

I had no idea Joe Biden has a Jewish family. That’s actually a good thing.

Ideas

Everything I learned from quarantining with my Holocaust survivor grandmother

Ideas

The American Jewish story needs to include more non-Ashkenazi Jews like me

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