A former Lubavitcher became a scholar of ex-Orthodox Jews. Now he’s telling his own story.
In “Brooklyn Odyssey," Zalman Newfield charts his personal and intellectual journey away from Hasidism.
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News about New York’s religious Jewish communities and synagogues.
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Jewish Theological Seminary ‘breaks mold’ in naming campus innovator Rabbi Mike Uram as next chancellor
Uram does not hold a doctorate, in a departure for the Conservative Judaism flagship.
Trump administration officials are quoting (and misquoting) the Bible. Is it good for the Jews?
Biblical rhetoric in American life has helped sustain a pluralistic moral vision, writes a scholar specializing in the influence of Jewish ideas on American history.
