Ideas

I studied how New York City’s Hasidic yeshivas gained legitimacy. Here’s what I learned.

Lots of Orthodox yeshivas do teach secular subjects. Hasidic yeshivas have conflated themselves with that group to avoid oversight, writes Matty Lichtenstein.

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A new study explains why Starbucks can’t spell your Jewish name

The most popular names for Jewish kids are becoming more distinctively Jewish.

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I build relationships between Muslims and Jews. Here’s why you should watch ‘Mo’ on Netflix.

Watching the specific and nuanced story of Mo Najjar’s family will challenge and stretch your own perspectives, writes the associate director of NewGround: a Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change.