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Fiction: A Few Small Stones
Some families take pride in a home or a farm, but this multigenerational family struggled to maintain a patch of burial ground.

Some families take pride in a home or a farm, but this multigenerational family struggled to maintain a patch of burial ground.
Space, Time, Gravity and Zionism
Less well known than his Theory of Relativity is Einstein’s contribution to the 20th-century chronicle of the Jewish people and Zionism.

Less well known than his Theory of Relativity is Einstein’s contribution to the 20th-century chronicle of the Jewish people and Zionism.

Shopping and Schmoozing at Macy’s With an Old Friend

The author lives in Jerusalem and her long-time friend makes her home in Philadelphia. The two reunite twice a year in New York City for a shopping excursion.

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What Makes a Good Jew? For Many, It’s Tikkun Olam

by Rabbi Judith Schindler and Judy Seldin-Cohen

Civic engagement—ensuring that a congregation’s public actions reflect Jewish values—allows Jews to embrace the values of Torah both inside and outside the synagogue walls.

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To Fight Anti-Semitism, Look to Theodor Herzl

by Bari Weiss

Today, Jews increasingly face an “age-old hatred” that, as in Herzl's day, presents itself in multiple new guises.

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In Cultural Shift, Day Schools Are Investing in Special Needs

by Eric Berger | JTA

Jewish schools across the country are investing in professional development, additional staff and revised curricula to better serve students with mental, cognitive or social disabilities.

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Fanny Krasner Lebovits’s Story of Survival, Courage and Love

by Libby Barnea

Born Feiga-Chasse Judelowitz in 1922, Lebovits was 19 when Nazis invaded her hometown of Libau, in Latvia. She survived the Libau ghetto and five concentration and work camps.