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A rabbi answers her congregants’ question: Why do they hate us?

In a new book, Diana Fersko of Manhattan’s Village Temple writes how antisemitism is the result of cultures that “narrow” the possibilities for being Jewish.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 20, 2023 6:45 am

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Why Donniel Hartman sees a brighter Israeli future — in 2026

The president of the Shalom Hartman Institute says a “new social coalition” is forming around opposition to the Israeli government’s judicial reform plans.

July 30, 2023 6:45 am

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At the heart of the film ‘Oppenheimer’ is a clash between real-life Jews

Jack Shlachter, a rabbi and physicist, explores the antagonism between J. Robert Oppenheimer and his chief inquisitor.

July 16, 2023 6:45 am

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A legal scholar sizes up the religious argument against abortion bans

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 9, 2023 6:45 am

David Wolpe

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Rabbi David Wolpe, stepping down from a top pulpit, wants you to stop arguing and start listening

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 2, 2023 6:45 am

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A new book made me appreciate Jewish Sunday schools — and the volunteer women who have powered them

By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 18, 2023 6:45 am

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin wants Jews to own up to the corrosive power of shame

By Andrew Silow-Carroll May 21, 2023 6:45 am

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A scholar sees a common root for antisemitism and racism: ‘Christian supremacy’

By Andrew Silow-Carroll May 14, 2023 6:45 am

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch

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Why a liberal Zionist rabbi isn’t taking to the streets over Israel’s judicial reform plan

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 30, 2023 6:45 am

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‘The Jewish Catalog’ turbocharged DIY Judaism. 50 years later, one of its editors is back with a ‘bookend.’

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 2, 2023 6:45 am

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