Overdue or overdone? Two scholars hope to secure the legacy of ‘Jewish Renewal’
A new book says a movement rotted in the counterculture has had an outsize influence on all the...
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When a breast cancer diagnosis knocked me down, a network of Jewish women lifted me up
A professor of literature wasn’t prepared for the outpouring of advice and comfort. —...
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As ‘The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’ ends, will its Jewish legacy be more than a punchline?
For some, its representation of Jews on mainstream TV made it a pioneer of the 2010s. For others,...
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The Jewish Sport Report: This Holocaust survivor threw out the first pitch on her 100th birthday
This week’s Jewish Sport Report features a Jewish preview of the French Open and all the...
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Biden plan to combat antisemitism demands reforms across the executive branch and beyond
Most Jewish groups seemed satisfied with a plan that was delayed over disputes regarding the...
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A digital Jewish library aims to add women’s Torah scholarship to its shelves — by helping them write it
While women have been teaching Torah for decades, few have been writing about it — and a new book...
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Taylor Swift’s rumored boyfriend, Matty Healy, once gave a Hitler salute on stage and posted a ‘List of Jews’ to Instagram
The pop rock provocateur making headlines has angered Jews, Muslims and anti-racism advocates...
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As a child of survivors, I see my parents in every Ethiopian immigrant to Israel
Except there was no Israel to take his father and mother in, writes the Chairman of the Board of...
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The Florida mom who got Amanda Gorman’s poem restricted says she’s sorry for promoting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The activist apologized to JTA and to “the Jewish community” for sharing the antisemitic forgery...
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An app that can generate 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes aims to prove AI’s value for Orthodox Jews
Avi Bree created CheesecakeWizard.ai to introduce the technology to his community, despite its...
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This Jewish New York City Council candidate has a prolific passion: serial sperm donation
In a Humans of New York post last year, Queens GOP candidate Jonathan David Rinaldi talked about...
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Roger Waters uses Anne Frank’s name at German concerts, prompting calls for punishment from Jewish groups
Observers told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that Waters’ concert imagery has crossed the...
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