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Shortened shofar blasts and last-minute sermon tweaks: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death changed Rosh Hashanah services

The news of the Jewish justice’s death broke like a wave over Jewish communities in the first moments of the new year or the last moments of the one just ending.

By Philissa Cramer September 21, 2020 6:18 pm

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Meet the 3 Jewish candidates on Trump’s Supreme Court justice shortlists

A judge from the Midwest, a member of Trump’s transition team and an ambassador to Mexico all have Jewish stories to tell.

September 21, 2020 5:19 pm

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2018. (Jeff Reed/Wikimedia Commons)

From camp ‘rabbi’ to pursuing justice: How Judaism animated Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life

“I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew,” she wrote in a 1996 essay. “The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the Jewish tradition.”

September 21, 2020 5:16 pm

11-year-old boy blows shofar in front of Supreme Court to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Marcy Oster September 21, 2020 3:35 pm

Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first Jew and first woman to lie in state at the Capitol

By Ron Kampeas September 21, 2020 1:29 pm

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It’s a girl for Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and wife

By Marcy Oster September 21, 2020 12:44 pm

2 UPenn kosher chefs lost their jobs because of COVID. Now they’re opening a kosher food truck to help the needy.

By Marcy Oster September 21, 2020 12:31 pm

‘Schitt’s Creek’ sweeps the 2020 Emmys and makes history

By Emily Burack September 21, 2020 11:16 am

Mandy Patinkin blows shofar in TV tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish

By Marcy Oster September 21, 2020 10:53 am

New York will erect statue in Brooklyn to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Marcy Oster September 21, 2020 9:44 am

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