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The ‘queer, disabled’ Zionist who challenged the conventions of Israel’s founders

A new biography explores the life of Jessie Sampter, a writer and poet who offered an alternative vision to macho Zionism.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll May 22, 2022 7:00 am

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How a rebranded 92nd Street Y sees its Jewish future

The CEO and interim v.p. for Jewish life talk about a Manhattan cultural landmark’s ambitious post-pandemic plans.

May 15, 2022 7:00 am

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How Jewish families prime girls for success in schools and careers

Sociologist Ilana Horwitz asks why Jewish girls outpace their non-Jewish peers.

May 8, 2022 7:00 am

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How the big givers are looking at the post-pandemic Jewish world

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 3, 2022 6:30 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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What Putin’s talking about when he talks about ‘denazification’

By Andrew Silow-Carroll February 27, 2022 9:00 am

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From the reverent to the raunchy, YIVO’s vast archives of Yiddish life are reunited online

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 6, 2022 5:35 pm

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What happened when Jewish students at Brown University stopped fighting about Israel and started listening to each other

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 21, 2021 12:21 pm

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The new chair of Yad Vashem wants to build a ‘firewall’ between politics and Holocaust remembrance. Can he?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 9, 2021 12:24 pm

In Brooklyn’s hipster Williamsburg neighborhood, Hasidic Jews are the real counterculture

By Shira Hanau June 9, 2021 10:34 am

Randi Weingarten during a March 9 Zoom call with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. (Screenshot from Zoom)

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Randi Weingarten has a vision to get kids back to school — and strong words for Jews who say unions are the obstacle

By Laura E. Adkins April 1, 2021 4:40 pm

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