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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.

In Cultural Shift, Day Schools Are Investing in Special Needs

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.

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Ilana Kaufman Talks Racial Justice and Jewish Philanthropy

by Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Jews of color are not participating in Jewish communal life at the level they might because they feel unwelcome, Kaufman says.

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Anti-Semitism Is Strengthening Resolve of Young Jews

by Howard Lovy | JTA

Young campus Jews are on the front lines of the fight against anti-Semitism.

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When Your Parents Opt for Cremation

by Annabelle Gurwitch

With cremation comes the challenge of defying tradition—and choosing the right location for your loved ones' ashes.

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#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.