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Putting ‘Tikkun Olam’ To The Ultimate Test

Bold new project is challenging Israel and the diaspora to transform themselves and the world.

The Problem With Cultural Reclamation

Recently I discovered a band talented enough to change my mind about “Hava Nagila,” a song I find so personally annoying I banned it from the setlist at my adult bat mitzvah. The band in question is Abraham, Inc. and they call their version “The H Tune.” Abraham, Inc. might give pause at its unlikely […]

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Smearing Judah Maccabee

I was outraged by the accusation that Judah Maccabee, if alive today, would “likely want to kill Jewish parents who want to harmonize being Jewish and being American” (“Mel Gibson and Judah Maccabee? Not a Good Mix,” Opinion, May 25). Judah Maccabee and his followers may have been “religious extremists” and “zealots,” but they successfully […]

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New York

Putting ‘Tikkun Olam’ To The Ultimate Test

The Problem With Cultural Reclamation

Smearing Judah Maccabee

Simmering On The West Bank

Unfair To Haredim

Self-Conversion

Opening Our Gates

On Executives Stepping Down

Ramaz Students On Tzedakah’s Cutting Edge

Building A Broad, Civil Jewish Tent On Israel

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