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Ruth’s Conversion Would Be Rejected Today

At a time when we are keenly aware of the deep divisions within the Jewish community on issues from religious practice to the policies of the State of Israel, along comes the festival of Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, with the most unifying theme in Jewish life: the giving of the Torah, the central, foundational […]

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Organizations’ Plans For Succession Seen Lacking

New study arrives in the wake of sudden resignations of top execs from the Joint, HIAS.

Art, Religion And Ambiguity

One thing that often turns people off from art is that they can’t figure out what it means. The lack of fixed meaning frustrates them. The more abstract the art form — poetry, for instance, but even more so with dance, music and fine art — the more serious this problem becomes. But the cultural […]

Take Me Out Of The Ballgame

Judah Skoff, Making the play the thing.

Rabbi Boruch B. Bender, Providing emergency services in the Rockaways.

The Time To Pay Attention

Questions Surfacing On Hynes’ Task Force

LOWER MANHATTAN

Roman Shmulenson, Creating a community of disparate émigrés.

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