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Wondrous Women of the Exodus

Six heroines who lay the groundwork for Jewish practice, liturgy and identity for generations to come.

Long-distance Jewish Learning Is Giving Me the Conversations I Crave

Regular study is helping my son and me connect during the pandemic.

Jewish groups respond to violence in DC with ‘outrage,’ ‘disgust’ and criticism of Trump

Jewish groups spoke out on an extraordinary day that resulted in what once was unthinkable: police spiriting into safe havens hundreds of lawmakers while marauders roamed and looted the Capitol.

United States

Rabbis in DC and beyond rush to calm congregants on edge after a day of mob chaos at the Capitol

Politics

Orthodox Jewish Trump supporters decry violence but not the movement that fueled the mob

A pro-Trump mob enters the US Capitol as tear gas fills the corridor on January 6, 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

United States

‘Our worst fears realized’: Extremism watchdogs, after months of warnings, watch the violence in DC

Global

One of Ukraine’s chief rabbis endorses siege of US Capitol by Trump supporters

Politics

‘I don’t recognize our country today’: Jewish lawmakers under siege in Congress give their accounts

Merrick Garland, shown here in 2016, has been nominated to be the next attorney general. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Politics

Merrick Garland, blocked from Supreme Court in 2016, nominated as Biden’s attorney general

Illinois Republican Rep. Mary Miller. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Politics

‘Hitler was right on one thing,’ US congresswoman says at pro-Trump rally near Capitol

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