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First Person When my synagogue banned my baby on Yom Kippur At synagogues, ushers, shushers and parents are still waging a centuries-old fight between decorum and kid-friendliness.
First Person In Jerusalem, a chance encounter with my deceased mother A writer discovers that in Israel, making unexpected connections is as easy as striking up a conversation with a stranger.
First Person How my JTA reporting about an anti-Semitic cartoon changed my views of Belgium — for the worse