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What the Tree of Life shooting revealed about American Jewry

A new book about the massacre in Pittsburgh is a celebration of Jewish community, and a lament for fading Jewish connections.

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Distressed by the Sally Rooney controversy? Read how a Jewish fan once schooled Charles Dickens on antisemitism.

A tutorial in how to engage with critics of Israel like Sally Rooney.

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The ‘Jewface’ debate about casting non-Jews as Jews betrays an Ashkenazi bias

There is a larger and more important conversation about what it means to “look,” represent and simply be Jewish.

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We may be talking about Gary Shteyngart’s botched circumcision for a long time

Noah’s ark is one weird bedtime story

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Judaism often thrives on new technologies. That doesn’t mean Impossible Pork should be kosher.

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My militant sister campaigns against intermarriage. I am engaged to a gentile. Here’s how we remain family.

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Like America, Genesis has 2 creation stories. Simchat Torah renews our ability to tell them both

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Shmita is Judaism’s sabbatical year. It can be a model for tackling climate change and inequality.

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The Omar I knew: What ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams taught my Jewish students at NYU

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