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You can’t defend haredi Orthodox Jews against violence while demonizing our schools

Groups that smear yeshiva education thicken the cloud of hostility against Jews who wear their Jewishness openly, writes Rabbi Avi Shafran.

By Rabbi Avi Shafran January 24, 2020 11:45 am

Opinion

I’m still trying to figure out my Jewishness. Rising anti-Semitism doesn’t help.

I’ve often felt out of place within my own religion — “not Jewish enough” for some and “too Jewish” for many others, explains a self-described “Jew-ish” writer.

January 9, 2020 4:59 pm

Opinion

Barneys was a fashion tastemaker — but its success came with a dark cost

Barney Pressman’s strategy was at best tasteless and at worst offensive. But it worked — until it didn’t.

November 5, 2019 3:16 pm

Opinion

Why are elite Jewish day schools standing in the way of a better education for yeshiva kids?

By David J. Shapiro August 20, 2019 12:32 pm

Opinion

Don’t believe the Orthodox newspapers: Rent control is good for the Jews

By Hannah Lebovits July 3, 2019 3:07 pm

Black woman says subway rant against Jewish man was not racist

June 1, 2018 5:33 am

Jewish mother and daughter mistaken for Muslims beaten in New York

September 15, 2017 4:43 am

City Council candidate ‘cares about’ Jews, compares them to Germans who enabled the Nazis

By Ben Sales July 20, 2017 2:18 pm

NYC to automatically ban mohels linked to newborn herpes cases

March 31, 2017 7:07 am

New York police: Anti-Semitic incidents have nearly doubled over last year

March 2, 2017 1:09 pm

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You can’t defend haredi Orthodox Jews against violence while demonizing our schools

I’m still trying to figure out my Jewishness. Rising anti-Semitism doesn’t help.

Barneys was a fashion tastemaker — but its success came with a dark cost

Why are elite Jewish day schools standing in the way of a better education for yeshiva kids?

Don’t believe the Orthodox newspapers: Rent control is good for the Jews

Black woman says subway rant against Jewish man was not racist

Jewish mother and daughter mistaken for Muslims beaten in New York

City Council candidate ‘cares about’ Jews, compares them to Germans who enabled the Nazis

NYC to automatically ban mohels linked to newborn herpes cases

New York police: Anti-Semitic incidents have nearly doubled over last year

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