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A Community by and for Asian American Jews
Founded during the pandemic, the LUNAR Collective has become a national network where Asian American Jews can celebrate the fullness of their identities.

Founded during the pandemic, the LUNAR Collective has become a national network where Asian American Jews can celebrate the fullness of their identities.
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Our Readers’ Most Admired American Jewish Women
They broke barriers, shaped American culture and embraced their Jewish identity. Meet the women who continue to inspire Hadassah Magazine readers.

They broke barriers, shaped American culture and embraced their Jewish identity. Meet the women who continue to inspire Hadassah Magazine readers.
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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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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.

The murder of children horrifies and shocks us beyond measure. Whether it’s news of a single death or twenty, we react with visceral anguish, and

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Cut & Post: Cookbooks, Prayerbooks and Israelis on the Road

Storied Feasts Jewish folklore is rich with captivating tales that skillfully incorporate food as a major plot element. It is with food—and cooking—in mind that

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Commentary: Sinai’s First Responders

by Tamar Frankiel

Shavuot, which celebrates the time we stood at Sinai, is associated first and foremost with hearing the Ten Commandments. But the Midrash brings a much

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Commentary: Friends & Enemies

by Samuel G. Freedman

“It is the obligation of each person,” the Talmud tells us of Purim, “to be so drunk as not to be able to tell the

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Family Matters: Pure and Prosaic

by Miriam Karp

I took a deep breath and joined the three women in the refrigerated room. Within lay two meisim, newly deceased and covered with long sheets.

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Commentary: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

by Sherri Mandell

In the 1980s, in my late twenties, I was studying in a yeshiva for young women who had no religious education. Newly arrived in Israel,

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Holidays

The Missing Heroine of Hanukka

by Judy Petsonk

This Hanukka, for the sake of our daughters, let’s tell the missing piece of the Maccabee story. Let’s celebrate the Queen of the Jews, who

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Family Matters: The Art of Being Jewish

by Rahel Musleah

From the age of 4 through high school, Kayleigh Renard attended St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee. A passionate trumpet player, she blew breath

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