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Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate
A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.

A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.
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Anti-Jewish Bias Is Spreading in Arts and Culture
It may be more subtle than a scrawled swastika or a torched synagogue, but anti-Jewish bias in that realm is nonetheless a growing phenomenon.

It may be more subtle than a scrawled swastika or a torched synagogue, but anti-Jewish bias in that realm is nonetheless a growing phenomenon.
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Black and Jewish Identities Converge in Art
A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

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A Daring Rescue in ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’

by Curt Schleier

Jessica Chastain plays Antonina Zabinski, a woman who risks her life to save 300 Polish Jews from the gas chambers.

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The Fixer: Richard Gere in ‘Norman’

by Curt Schleier

Richard Gere plays a small-time hustler in New York’s Jewish community who uses exaggerations and fabrications to “help” anyone who will listen to him.

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Q&A with Mayim Bialik

by Esther D. Kustanowitz

The popular television actress and neuroscientist talks about her latest book, parenting and celebrating Jewish holidays like Passover as a vegan.

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Judith Leiber: All in the Bag

by Rahel Musleah

Penguins and polar bears, a watermelon slice, peppermint candy and stalks of asparagus—all have been sources of inspiration for designer Judith Leiber’s fanciful handbags.