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The Era of the Jewish Gun Club
Alarmed by rising antisemitism, there is a growing trend of Jews who are considering what might have been unthinkable just a few years ago—bearing arms.

Alarmed by rising antisemitism, there is a growing trend of Jews who are considering what might have been unthinkable just a few years ago—bearing arms.
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All Are Welcome at the Park Slope Food Coop, Except Zionists
A former member recalls how the Coop felt like a small town where people wanted to help one another, until an anti-Israel agenda upended the store’s guiding principles.

A former member recalls how the Coop felt like a small town where people wanted to help one another, until an anti-Israel agenda upended the
A Snapshot of the Sephardic American Experience
Ashkenazi stories have long dominated the American Jewish narrative. Now, a landmark study is bringing the Sephardic and Mizrahi experience into sharper focus.

Ashkenazi stories have long dominated the American Jewish narrative. Now, a landmark study is bringing the Sephardic and Mizrahi experience into sharper focus.
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Southern Jewry’s Complicated Story
An adapted excerpt from ‘The Jewish South’ explores the complicated history of migrant Jews who flourished within a slaveholding society.

An adapted excerpt from ‘The Jewish South’ explores the complicated history of migrant Jews who flourished within a slaveholding society.
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Compromise and Hard Choices for Jews in America
From the nation’s founding to the present, generations of Jews have wrestled with the same question: How do you become fully American without ceasing to be fully Jewish?

From the nation’s founding to the present, generations of Jews have wrestled with the same question: How do you become fully American without ceasing to

Report: 7.5 Million Older, Whiter, Mostly Liberal Jews in America

The study is based on data collected from approximately 150 independent surveys that sampled about 234,000 adults, including 5,300 Jews.

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A Year Later, Pittsburgh Survivors Struggle Through the Holidays

by Ben Sales | JTA

Signs of the attack remain everywhere in Squirrel Hill, the quiet, warm, tree-lined community that has been the home to Pittsburgh’s Jews for more than a century.

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What Does ‘Jew Down’ Mean, and Why Is It Offensive?

by Marcy Oster | JTA

The term to “Jew down” was born out of stereotypes formed during medieval times about Jews being cheap or prone to hoard money.

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Women’s March Board Member Billoo Removed After Two Days

by Marcy Oster | JTA

The board of the Women's March announced on Twitter on Wednesday that it found some of her "public statements incompatible with the values and mission of the organization."

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New Women’s March Board Member Critical of Israel

by Josefin Dolsten | JTA

Zahra Billoo, a lawyer for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in the Bay Area, has repeatedly made comments sharply critical of Israel.

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Active Security: The Gun Debate Comes to the Synagogue

by Donna Gordon Blankinship

The argument is not simply between Second Amendment die-hards and liberals fighting for stronger gun laws. It involves rising anti-Semitism, political rhetoric and easier access to firearms.