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I was watching my children chase fireflies when the siren from a local New Jersey firehouse put my body on full alert. The plaintive wail, eerily reminiscent of a siren’s call from another time and place, seemed to emanate from the heavens, rising and falling. I closed my eyes and let the sounds transport me […]

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Most American Jews give at least some of their charitable donations to organizations that have some connection to Jewish life, although a substantial part of the community continues to give generously to non-Jewish causes, according to a new demographic study to be released later this week. “Connected to Give: Synagogues & Movements,” from Jumpstart, a […]

Yeshiva University’s debt has again been downgraded by a ratings agency, this time to below investment grade, or junk status. That means lenders will be less inclined to loan YU money in the future, or will be able to charge higher interest rates on it. “The magnitude of the downgrade to B1 reflects the depth […]

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