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What I learned from my father’s strange journey from Poland to Algeria, Kazakhstan and the California desert

In researching her father’s biography, a writer uncovers little-known stories of Jewish dispersal under the shadow of Nazism.

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A Black artist and a Jewish artist mock the KKK in a new Jewish Museum show

Works by Philip Guston and Trenton Doyle Hancock suggest the possibilities — and limitations — of satirical art.

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I research disappearing small-town Jewish communities. I’m finding the best of America.

Jews played crucial roles in shaping the civic, cultural and economic landscapes beyond the big cities, writes a historian and writer based in Rochester, New York.

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My survivor parents taught me to loathe Germany. Was I ready to forgive?

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We asked Jewish leaders about their priorities under a second Trump term

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How Oct. 7 gave me the toughness I’ll need under a second Trump presidency

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When the Nazis attacked synagogues on Kristallnacht, they were targeting Judaism’s heart and soul

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If Jewish unity means accepting bigotry and dehumanization, count me out

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This election, I finally understand the undecided Jewish voter

The Sit-Down

Meet two rabbis who are trying to fight ‘toxic polarization’ — one Jewish text at a time

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