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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

Letter from Anchorage: Northern Stars of David

Jews have ventured north to Alaska’s largest city, choosing to stay for very different reasons. Snow-capped mountains so rugged they seem to bear the mark

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Commentary: A Dream of Just Knowing

Recently I was speaking to a class in my Reform synagogue’s religious school when I learned the significance of Memorial Day. We were discussing the

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Interview: Bernard Lewis

by Charley J. Levine

Bernard Lewis, 92, is arguably the most influential post-World War II expert on Islam and the Middle East, having written seminal works and advised presidents

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Feature: The Greening Of Kashrut

In Connecticut, New York and California, young Jewish activists are taking responsibility for procuring, slaughtering and distributing kosher meat. Why the sudden interest? On a

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Commentary: On the Banks of Denial

The Sudanese security officer fingered my American passport and asked where my family was from. “America,” I said. He smiled, and then pressed further: “Where

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Interview: Jack Rosen

Equally well known in Washington’s corridors of power as at government tables in far-flung countries including North Korea, Cuba, Pakistan, China and Russia, American businessman

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Letter from Atlanta: Big Draw, Fading Drawl

Atlanta is the new frontier for young Jews looking for jobs, low cost of living, a progressive civic society and a full-service Jewish community. If

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Diaspora Letter : Conversion Crisis

Unlike in earlier times, Israel’s chief rabbinate is measuring potential converts to Judaism with the strictest halakhic yardstick. A new rabbinic fellowship begs to differ.

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