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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.

#MeToo and the Jewish Man

by Jeffrey K. Salkin

We have to remind ourselves—and some men of a previous generation—that the world has changed. Sexist jokes are out and men should be careful about touching women.

Just Because I Don’t Want Kids Doesn’t Make Me a Bad Jew

by Elena Gormley | JTA

I wish people could recognize that there are many ways to do “l’dor v’dor,” from generation to generation, that don’t involve having kids.

My Autistic Son Is More Than Your Kid’s Mitzvah Project

by Lara Stolman | JTA

I started welcoming bar mitzvah-age kids to our house a few years ago for weekly play dates with my son, despite the awkwardness.

Forging Hebrew Links to Israel for My Children

by Tanya Mozias Slavin

As long as my kids keep arguing in Hebrew, Israel will in some way be their home, too, even though we live abroad.

Layoffs Announced at Conservative Umbrella Group

by Marcy Oster | JTA

The layoffs are part of a broader strategic plan, called the Roadmap to Strategic Success and Operational Sustainability.

Fighting Anti-Semitism With Matzah Balls

by Marnie Fienberg

Passover brings memories of my mother-in-law, Joyce Fienberg, martyred at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

When Resisting Anti-Jewish Hate Is Women’s Work

by Pamela S. Nadell

A survey of female biblical figures and 20th-century Jewish women who have fought against baseless hatred.

What Israelis Can Learn From Pittsburgh

by Amanda Borschel-Dan

by Amanda Borschel-Dan

In Pittsburgh, the Jewish community mourned together as the city closed ranks around it, protecting and consoling its wounded citizens.