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Jewish Republicans Cheered By Romney Romp

Fresh off New Hampshire win, frontrunner from Massachusetts seen as ‘kind of heimish.’

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Tragic Anniversary In Berlin

Before Jan. 20, 1942, the name Wannsee meant luxury in Germany. It was the name of a lake with a bordering beach in a Berlin suburb, where the country’s upscale citizens vacationed. Since that date, the name means tragedy. An infamous conference of 15 top Nazi officials, who came together that day to make “necessary […]

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From A Sephardic Scholar, An ‘Enlightened Torah’ Approach

Growing up, I considered Sephardic rituals and customs to be exotic, maybe even odd, if I thought about them at all. I knew, for example, that eating rice on Passover was allowed in Sephardic homes, a strict prohibition in mine and everyone else’s I knew, as Ashkenazim. And I considered their prayerbook nusach, or style, […]

Getting A Handle On Educational Change

Williamsburg Affordable Housing Plan Halted

Present From The Past

Their Feet Were Praying

Why Jewish Kids Need Values-Based Sex Ed

Hot And Bothered, But Modest

High Culture: Santiago’s Moment

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