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I grew up Hasidic. I’m now a skeptic. I still believe in the Rebbe anyway.

A former Hasid grapples with the tall tales of his childhood and rationality.

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The Chabad Rebbe died 25 years ago. Here’s how his movement has survived.

The Hasidic group continues to be powerful because its late leader’s believers don’t quite believe that he’s gone, writes one of his biographers.

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Don’t believe the Orthodox newspapers: Rent control is good for the Jews

Orthodox media has lambasted New York’s rent control laws, ignoring the fact that most Orthodox Jews will benefit, writes an urban policy expert.

Anti-Semitism is strengthening the Jewish identity of young people. Why haven’t our organizations embraced them?

How to have ‘The Talk’ with your teenage boys heading to Jewish summer camp

LGBTQ Israelis are still fighting for equal rights. Anti-Israel activists are trying to erase us.

What preparing a Jewish body for burial is really like

Why the Supreme Court’s decision to let a taxpayer-funded cross stand is dangerous for American Jews

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We need fewer stereotypical Jews on TV — and more Walter Sobchaks

Young children, tired of the stifling atmosphere of the synagogue, come outside to be with their mother in Djerba, Tunisia. January 01, 1950. 850,000 refugees from Tunisia and other Arab countries were expelled after the creation of Israel. (Graphic House/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Jews in Arab countries suffered unbearable discrimination. Why do our stories remain untold?

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