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At the heart of the film ‘Oppenheimer’ is a clash between real-life Jews

Jack Shlachter, a rabbi and physicist, explores the antagonism between J. Robert Oppenheimer and his chief inquisitor.

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Broadway had a very Jewish year, but there is more to the Jewish story than antisemitism and the Holocaust

Around the country, new plays reflect the diversity of the Jewish experience, writes the artistic director of the Jewish Plays Project.

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In Judaism, wisdom is found where the wild things are

The desert is central to the Jewish spiritual journey, writes a spiritual leader and somatic therapist.

Groff v. DeJoy is the rare Supreme Court decision that every Jew can celebrate

What’s happening right now around secular studies in Israeli yeshivas is remarkable

A legal scholar sizes up the religious argument against abortion bans

A walk on the beach was a hint of a better world to come

David Wolpe

Rabbi David Wolpe, stepping down from a top pulpit, wants you to stop arguing and start listening

How Jewish summer camp became a refuge for LGBTQ+ youth — and why it needs to stay that way

Black, Jewish, transgender: The assault on LGBTQ+ people targets everything that I am

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