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After 9/11, I wrote a Jewish Week headline comparing the US to Israel. Here’s why I regret it.

A former Jewish Week editor looks back on the paper’s coverage of the attacks.

Steve Buscemi and David Arquette in "The Grey Zone"

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The greatest Holocaust movie ever made, starring Steve Buscemi, debuted on 9/11. It’s time to revisit it.

“The Grey Zone,” Tim Blake Nelson’s bleak drama about the moral dilemmas of the Sonderkommando, has been ignored for 20 years. Nelson spoke to JTA about its making and impact.

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We have good reasons to give ourselves credit this year. Here’s a positive viddui for Yom Kippur.

A rabbi and cantor from Los Angeles offer a confessional prayer focused on accomplishments, not shortcomings, to accompany the traditional liturgy.

I sat vigil for the souls of 9/11 victims. 20 years later I still feel their presence — and absence.

Living with a Christian, a Muslim and a Baha’i, I learned to share Judaism with the world

This is not a drill: The climate change emergency demands a Jewish response

My abortion was a blessing. As a rabbi, I will fight for others to be able to make their own sacred choice.

If you are going to spell it ‘antisemitism,’ then you should remove the hyphen from ‘anti-Zionism’

How not to ask for time off on the Jewish holidays

Has Israel let you down? Its minister of Diaspora Affairs wants you to talk about it over the High Holidays.

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