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is the online coordinator for JTA.

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• The Jew who wrote the lyrics Kanye West samples on ‘Blood on the Leaves’

  July 10, 2013 9:05am

  A Jewish communist wrote the lyrics to a song recorded by Nina Simone and now sampled by Kanye West.

• Agudath Israel: Rabbi Sacks needs to apologize

  July 5, 2013 10:21am

  Agudath Israel of America says Rabbi Jonathan Sacks doesn’t understand Judaism.

• The Lamm Legacy

  July 4, 2013 3:24pm

  Looking back at Rabbi Norman Lamm’s time at Yeshiva University.

• Sending love and prayer to Reform camp

  July 1, 2013 3:51pm

  Love and prayers from around the country are pouring in to a summer camp where three campers were hit by lightning last week.

• Historic Pride Shabbat

  July 1, 2013 10:31am

  At New York’s gay and lesbian synagogue, worshipers gathered Friday night at the opening of pride weekend to celebrate a historic milestone.

• Honoring Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

  June 28, 2013 10:59am

  At a recent tribute dinner, many past prime ministers praised Jonathan Sacks, the chief rabbi who is set to retire in August.

• Jews and gays

  June 27, 2013 2:15pm

  The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act last week gave rise to a range of Jewish responses to gay marriage. Agudath Israel of America, the haredi Orthodox umbrella group, released a terse  message asserting that, “Society’s mores may shift and crumble but eternal verities exist.” From the Reform movement came an embrace of full rights for gay…

• Responses to same-sex marriage decisions

  June 26, 2013 12:53pm

  Reactions to the same-sex marriage decisions.

• Is BDS working?

  June 24, 2013 1:56pm

  Has the BDS movement accomplished anything?

• When the Nazis came to Skokie

  June 20, 2013 3:40pm

  In 1978, Nazis marched in Skokie Illinois, embroiling the country in an argument about free speech.