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I let an unhoused man into my synagogue before Colleyville. How will we respond after?

Rabbi Joshua Ladon: Security measures in the wake of the Texas hostage crisis threaten a Jewish ethic of welcoming the stranger.

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Securing our synagogues and protecting Jews of color don’t have to be at odds

Security professionals and volunteers must be equipped to decrease racial and ethnic bias.

Elisha Wiesel NO FEAR rally

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Colleyville is an opportunity for American Jews to rethink our approach to curbing antisemitism

A historian and law student asks: If antisemitism is systemic, “doesn’t it demand more thoroughgoing responses than pride and protest?”

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From vigils to vitriol, the Texas hostage crisis showed social media at its best and worst

Police lights shine on Congregation Beth Israel synagogue

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I hope we won’t let the Texas synagogue hostage crisis erode in-person prayer even more

Kiryas Joel

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How Satmar Hasidim used liberal values to create an illiberal ‘shtetl’ in suburban New York

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Jews and Muslims can walk a common path. Martin Luther King Jr. showed us how.

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I am a rabbi in a hospital ICU. This is what the COVID surge looks like to our exhausted staff.

From the reverent to the raunchy, YIVO’s vast archives of Yiddish life are reunited online

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Too many chose to look away from Chaim Walder’s crimes. We can make other choices now.

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