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Noah’s ark is one weird bedtime story

Come for the adorable animals, stay for a troubling debate about divine retribution.

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

The move to withhold kosher certification may in fact turn out to be one of the most important Jewish legal decisions of the 21st century, writes a scholar of the history of technology.

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Why I made a podcast about Father Coughlin

The antisemitic “Radio Priest” from the Depression era has become a harbinger of modern American life.

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

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

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

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

You can celebrate the rest of the High Holidays anywhere in the world without ever leaving home

No one lost their Jewish last name at Ellis Island. But we gained a safe haven.

My Jewish father volunteered at Ground Zero. Here’s how we’re honoring him now.

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