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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.

By Je'Jae Cleopatra Daniels February 16, 2022 1:57 pm

from Hey Alma

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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.

September 10, 2021 5:26 pm

from Kveller

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.

September 1, 2021 11:19 am

from Kveller

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

By Elad Nehorai August 27, 2021 6:00 am

from Hey Alma

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

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 23, 2021 11:10 pm

Ideas

Raising Asian Jewish kids in the US has never been scarier

By Melody Muhlrad March 19, 2021 3:02 pm

from Kveller

Ideas

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

By Hanah Bloom December 3, 2020 5:29 pm

from Hey Alma

Ideas

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

By Sophie Vershbow November 18, 2020 5:32 pm

from Hey Alma

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Everything I learned from quarantining with my Holocaust survivor grandmother

By Emily Barasch October 22, 2020 10:07 am

from Hey Alma

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

By Layla Rudy September 30, 2020 2:32 pm

from Hey Alma

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