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Being Jewish
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.

Being Jewish

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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B’nei Mitzvah With Disabilities Find Their Way to the Bimah

by Rahel Musleah

Technology plus a new understanding of inclusion has opened doors for children with a range of disabilities to celebrate their bar or bat mitzvahs.

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Celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah as Jewish Women

by Judith Rosenbaum

Both Thanksgiving and Hanukkah are, in fact, holidays about tension between cultures. Both offer opportunities to celebrate our Americanness as well as our ethnic distinctiveness.

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At Dinner With Yalta: A Talmud Lesson

by Amy Scheinerman

Every generation reads Talmud from its own perspective. Rabbi Amy Scheinerman brings her modern perspective to the story of a woman who was refused the cup of blessing.

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Daf Yomi Is Women’s Work

by Rahel Musleah

The traditional cycle of Talmud study, once largely the province of men, is attracting working mothers, educators and artists.

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Shopping and Schmoozing at Macy’s With an Old Friend

by Barbara Sofer

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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