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Holocaust Diary Gets New Life 80 Years After Author’s Death
A slew of new projects brings renewed attention to Renia Spiegel’s best-selling wartime journal, ‘Renia’s Diary.’

A slew of new projects brings renewed attention to Renia Spiegel’s best-selling wartime journal, ‘Renia’s Diary.’
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This Jewish Organization Helps People Schmooze About Death
‘Talking about death won’t kill you,’ says Jewish Association for Death Education (JADE) co-founder Susan Kramer.

‘Talking about death won’t kill you,’ says Jewish Association for Death Education (JADE) co-founder Susan Kramer.
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Women Are Rewriting the Role of Torah Scribe
Since Jen Taylor Friedman penned her first Torah in 2007, several dozen women have followed suit, creating an entire professional category that did not exist a generation ago.

Since Jen Taylor Friedman penned her first Torah in 2007, several dozen women have followed suit, creating an entire professional category that did not exist
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How One Girl Scout Is Shining a Light on the Holocaust
Through the Holocaust Education Girl Scout Patch she created, Lily Sassani aims to help ‘a generation of young women see themselves as upstanders and changemakers.’

Through the Holocaust Education Girl Scout Patch she created, Lily Sassani aims to help ‘a generation of young women see themselves as upstanders and changemakers.’
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Sharon Nazarian Isn’t Done Fighting Antisemitism
One of the most outspoken Iranian American Jewish voices says ‘it starts with the Jews, but it doesn’t end with the Jews.’

One of the most outspoken Iranian American Jewish voices says ‘it starts with the Jews, but it doesn’t end with the Jews.’
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What Ruth Taught Me About Jewish Courage
Ruth’s ancient story reminds us that even in the most uncertain moments of our lives, we’re not alone.

Ruth’s ancient story reminds us that even in the most uncertain moments of our lives, we’re not alone.
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Chasing a Jewish Genealogical Mystery
Genealogical research pieces together a teen’s fate from pogrom-era Europe to the shadows of Argentina’s sex trade.

Genealogical research pieces together a teen’s fate from pogrom-era Europe to the shadows of Argentina’s sex trade.

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Judith Lowin, 76, Was a Retired Nurse and Hadassah Member

by Uriel Heilman | JTA

Lowin was married to Joseph Lowin and had three grown children—Shari, David and Benjamin—and several grandchildren.

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On Sunday, the Rabbi Logged on to Zoom

by Ben Harris | JTA

The bride and groom stood in front of a camera in the chapel at Ansche Chesed. Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky stared back at them from a laptop screen.

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Jewish College Students Are Uniting in Zoom University Hillel

by Deanna Schwartz | JTA

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced nearly every college to transition to online courses and, in most cases, move students out of their dorms.

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Being the Child of Survivors Prepared Me for This Pandemic

by Sara Nuss-Galles | JTA

This pandemic is my first realistic encounter with the hyper-wariness my parents harbored and I long struggled to squelch inside me.

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Passover in a Pandemic: Solo Seders and Broken Traditions

by Ben Sales | JTA

Families are scrapping traditions as Passover approaches, relying on Zoom get-togethers and solo or small-scale meals in the face of the pandemic.

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Purim Reminds Me of All We Haven’t Learned After #MeToo

by Sheila Katz | JTA

In the era of #MeToo, should we now question why Mordechai is often extolled as the Purim story’s hero rather than an enabler of abuse?

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Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi Is Shifting the Conversation on Disabilities

by Hilary Danailova

Laszlo Mizrahi runs RespectAbility, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to fighting stigma and advancing opportunities for—and with—people with disabilities.

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The First Official, All-Female Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

by Heather Dune Macadam

In 1942, nearly 1,000 young Jewish women were tricked into leaving their families and sent to Auschwitz.

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