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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

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Israeli Scene

Israel Business in Indiana

by Rachel Schwartzberg

An Israeli business with expertise in high-pressure die-casting is opening a plant in Indiana.

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In Conversation with Isaac Mizrahi

by Rahel Musleah

Though Isaac Mizrahi is best known for fashion, he has also directed and narrated a children’s production of Peter and the Wolf at the Solomon

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Surfing as Jewish Metaphor

by Rahel Musleah

Trying to engage young Jews through surfing, in New York and Puerto Rico.

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Sharon Pucker Rivo

by Alexandra Lapkin Schwank

Rivo, a Boston-area academic, early on sensed the imperative to preserve, store and even restore precious Jewish films that capture a world long gone.

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Boston’s ‘Dirty’ Beer

by Penny Schwartz

A water purification company with Israeli roots worked with Boston's popular Harpoon Brewery to create a limited-edition beer made out of Charles River water.