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American society, and especially university campuses, are “doing everything wrong” when it comes to engendering a healthy sense of community, according to Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University. Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of Great Britain who shared the podium with Haidt in front of a large audience of […]

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No matter who won the World Series this week — an outcome not known by this paper’s Tuesday deadline — one certain winner was Jewish pride. For one of the few times in history, the rosters of both teams in baseball’s fall championship contained identified Jewish players: outfielder Joc Pederson of the Los Angeles Dodgers […]

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Despite a warning to the Knesset from Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky on Tuesday that another crisis with diaspora Jewry over conversion policies and prayer at the Western Wall is on the horizon, there was no indication that the Israeli parliament is working to prevent another showdown. Sharansky spoke to a crowded special Knesset session […]

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