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Fast-Growing Jewish ‘Nones’ Seen Reshaping Community

Pew survey finds 22 percent of Jews now claim no religion; Jewish identity cast in more cultural terms; intermarriage rising.

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New Hope For Gay Orthodox Jews

The holidays are over. Through the fasting and food, the succession of pageant, discomfort, reconciliation and exultation, a single moment continues to stands out. Every year for more than 30 years I have found the Yom Kippur afternoon service Torah reading unnerving — and this year I did not. Among the verses from Leviticus about […]