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A Jewish prayer for the start of this pandemic school year

In our liturgy, each new month is introduced with a blessing. In that spirit, I offer a blessing for this new school year.

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‘We are here,’ not in Israel: The new Berlin Jewish museum director on Jewish life in Germany, beyond BDS

Hetty Berg’s predecessor left in the wake of an Israel controversy. She’s focused on the museum’s reopening and its new permanent core exhibit.

The queer-friendly, Yiddish-speaking, anarchist-run Pink Peacock cafe aims to spark a Jewish revolution in Glasgow

The cafe’s founders envision it as a hub for Yiddish education, LGBTQ life and activism — in addition to a trendsetting Ashkenazi eatery.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s Russ & Daughters shirt collaboration sells out in less than a week

How Buenos Aires’ Jews have weathered the pandemic

You can join RBG and other celebs at DC synagogue for the High Holidays — virtually, that is

Homemade shofars and ‘passive’ Zooming: How some British synagogues are adapting this High Holiday season

Can Diaspora Jews visit Israel during the COVID-19 crisis? The rules keep changing.

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Why are teens pretending to be Holocaust victims on TikTok?

A Dutch judge, Hendrik Steenhuis, presides over a hearing at Schiphol Judicial Court (JCS) complex in Badhoevedorp, the Netherlands on March 9, 2020 (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images)

In the Netherlands, judges can fine and lock up Jewish men who refuse to give their wives a religious divorce

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