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The New York Jewish Week is the home of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s New York coverage.

10 Questions For Susannah Heschel

The noted Jewish studies professor (and daughter of Abraham Joshua Heschel) on feminism, religious studies and bias in society.

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The Sin Of Religious Intransigence

In a Pennsylvania town where I lived for more than eight years, a small, struggling Orthodox community fights to remain viable. Market conditions and lack of certain amenities such as a kosher restaurant and eruv [ritual enclosure to allow carrying on Shabbat] cut into the fiber of this once tight knit stitch. Yet, there is […]