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The Ghost Of Bubby’s Past

How deeply do we have to bury the past to keep it from erupting into the present? In Andrew Rothkin’s “Bubby’s Shadow,” in which the playwright also stars, the spirit of a deceased grandmother reunites a deeply divided Jewish family and restores its connection to Judaism. The play, an earlier version of which ran Off […]

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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 […]

Rebecca Missel, Bringing together New Jersey Jews without a community.

Rebecca Missel, 32 Twitter: @JerseyTribe www.jerseytribe.org Rebecca Missel grew up mostly in Mesa, Ariz., a predominantly Mormon city with few Jews. But when she moved to Morristown, N.J., she was surprised to find she felt a more acute lack of connection with her community. The perception in suburban New Jersey, where Missel landed six years […]

Mor Keshet, Bridging differences in culture and advantage in Israel and America.

Simon Goldberg, ‘The Genocide Guy’

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Emma Goldberg, The politics of genocide.

Simi Lampert, Standing up for journalism.

Sara Aharon, Telling the Afghani-Jewish story.

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