American View

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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

The Good Water Neighbors project encourages local residents separated by prolonged conflict to learn about their surrounding culture and water, including waste, pollution and how to sustainably develop

Root Source

by Leah F. Finkelshteyn

Christians searching for ways to connect to the Bible and Jewish thought have a new multimedia resource, subscription-based Root Source.

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Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill?

by Libby Barnea

If advocacy group Women on 20s is successful, the fearless Underground Railroad leader will replace Andrew Jackson on the bill by 2020.

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‘Coffee With a Mission’

by Barbara Pash

Young adults with cognitive disabilities are being trained to work in a café and coffeehouse setting at the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

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Tile Tips from Mavens

by Rachel Schwartzberg

Mah Jongg is beloved by generations of American Jewish women. A new mentoring website will help you up your game to the next level.

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Joshua Nelson

by Amy Klein

This musician’s levity and humor are in service of a deeper message: taking every piece of who he is and recognizing it—the African-American and the Jew.