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Boston doctor finds treating transgender youth a transforming experience
Norman Spack, a pediatric endocrinologist in Boston, is the co-founder of the country's first clinic devoted to treating children with gender disorders. Read more »
Lohan playing Liz? Radcliffe on ‘SNL,’ Brangelina at the Holocaust museum
Brangelina makes an appearance at the Holocaust museum in D.C., critics dig Daniel Radcliffe on "Saturday Night Live" and Lindsay Lohan is in talks to play Elizabeth Taylor in a biopic. Read more »
Network to connect Ramah alumni
The Ramah camping movement has established a network to connect its thousands of alumni. Read more »
Seeking Kin: Man hidden as baby hopes to honor father-rescuer
A resident of Slovakia, sheltered as a baby from the Nazis by a man who would become his adoptive father, is trying to get Yad Vashem to honor his rescuer and is searching for others he helped. Read more »
Winnipeg synagogue hosts gay wedding ceremony
A Winnipeg synagogue hosted a same-sex wedding ceremony. Read more »
Covenant Foundation awards Jewish education grants
The Covenant Foundation has awarded $900,000 in new grants to Jewish educational organizations and initiatives. Read more »
Dreidel-spinning record falls
With at least 687 dreidels spinning simultaneously, the world record for most Chanukah dreidels spun simultaneously in the same room (541) appears to be topped by Conservative Jewish high schoolers at the United Synagogue Youth's annual international convention in Philadelphia. Read more »
Seeking Kin: An Israeli finds his American cousins
JTA's genealogy column registers its first success in helping relatives find each other. Read more »
At Reform biennial, energy, Obama and handwringing over the next generation
As the Reform movement looks beyond its largest biennial conference in history, the question of how to stem the exodus of young Jews looms large. Read more »
Orthodox rabbinic group won’t take position on reparative therapy for gays
The Rabbinical Council of America said it will not take a position on so-called reparative therapy for gays. Read more »
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