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US
The Miracle of Light, One Spark at a Time
As Hanukkah draws to a close, American Jews see the week’s brighter glow as especially necessary during a dark season.
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US
Education Dept. Is Investigating Six More Colleges Over Campus Discrimination
Stanford, Rutgers and U.C.L.A. were among those being looked into as accusations of hateful rhetoric on campuses have led to…
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Politics
Training People to Think of Themselves as Weak Is a Form of Abuse
The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been roundly condemned for arguing…
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Politics
David Ellenson, 76, Who Guided a Generation of Reform Rabbis, Dies
A teacher and rabbi, he forged alliances across all branches of Judaism, and his scholarship confronted questions of Jewish tradition…
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World
A Fraught Question for the Moment: Is Anti-Zionism Always Antisemitic?
From the halls of Congress to America’s streets and universities, a once largely academic issue has roiled national discourse, inciting…
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Politics
Chuck Schumer: What American Jews Fear Most
Fifty-three days ago, citizens of Israel suffered a horrendous attack orchestrated and executed by Hamas. The solidarity that Jewish Americans…
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Magazine
Jewish Theatermakers Are in Good Company
So many of America’s great plays and musicals have been created and performed by Jews. T’s Holiday issue explores why…
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Food
For Jews in East Germany, a Life of Contradictions
An exhibition at Berlin’s Jewish Museum explores the Jewish experience in the authoritarian, and officially atheist, communist state throughout the…
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Politics
Why on Earth Are Jewish Leaders Praising Elon Musk?
Last week a self-described Jewish conservative named Charles Weber took to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to address…
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Magazine
In a Six-Point Star, a Multitude of Meanings
About four years ago, after the deadly shooting at a synagogue in Poway, Calif., in April 2019, Abby Adams and…