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I Forgive a Country
For professor and writer Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, reclaiming German citizenship almost 90 years after her grandfather fled Munich has helped her come to terms with her family’s past.

For professor and writer Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, reclaiming German citizenship almost 90 years after her grandfather fled Munich has helped her come to terms with her
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The Last Generation of Holocaust Survivors
Five women who survived the Shoah as children share their harrowing stories, their resilience and their fear that ‘history is repeating itself.’

Five women who survived the Shoah as children share their harrowing stories, their resilience and their fear that ‘history is repeating itself.’
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‘On Being Jewish Now’ at Full Volume
‘I am a Jewish author who refuses to remain silent. ‘Loud and proud’ is the new ‘Never again.’

‘I am a Jewish author who refuses to remain silent. ‘Loud and proud’ is the new ‘Never again.’
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Ramping up—and Rethinking— Israel Education
Jewish day schools in the United States tackle the impact of October 7 in the classroom.

Jewish day schools in the United States tackle the impact of October 7 in the classroom.
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‘Let There Be Light’ Feels More Urgent Than Ever
‘I can’t think of a declaration more intrepid or poignant for the first painful anniversary of October 7,’ writes Abigail Pogrebin.

‘I can’t think of a declaration more intrepid or poignant for the first painful anniversary of October 7,’ writes Abigail Pogrebin.
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Time for a Reassessment Among Jewish Americans
“If antisemitism is a fact, then what can we do about it?,” Rabbi Diana Fresko writes. “Historically, there are three options: Stay and fight, leave and rebuild, or do nothing.”

“If antisemitism is a fact, then what can we do about it?,” Rabbi Diana Fresko writes. “Historically, there are three options: Stay and fight, leave
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Israel’s Other Secret Weapon
Israel’s secret weapon, Golda Meir once said, is that “we have no place else to go.” But there’s another tool in our arsenal: community.

Israel’s secret weapon, Golda Meir once said, is that “we have no place else to go.” But there’s another tool in our arsenal: community.
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Jewish Girls Make the Grade
Girls are reaching new levels of academic success, in the process surpassing boys in earning undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Girls are reaching new levels of academic success, in the process surpassing boys in earning undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Jewish College Students Are Uniting in Zoom University Hillel

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced nearly every college to transition to online courses and, in most cases, move students out of their dorms.

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Being the Child of Survivors Prepared Me for This Pandemic

by Sara Nuss-Galles | JTA

This pandemic is my first realistic encounter with the hyper-wariness my parents harbored and I long struggled to squelch inside me.

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Passover in a Pandemic: Solo Seders and Broken Traditions

by Ben Sales | JTA

Families are scrapping traditions as Passover approaches, relying on Zoom get-togethers and solo or small-scale meals in the face of the pandemic.

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Purim Reminds Me of All We Haven’t Learned After #MeToo

by Sheila Katz | JTA

In the era of #MeToo, should we now question why Mordechai is often extolled as the Purim story’s hero rather than an enabler of abuse?

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Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi Is Shifting the Conversation on Disabilities

by Hilary Danailova

Laszlo Mizrahi runs RespectAbility, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to fighting stigma and advancing opportunities for—and with—people with disabilities.

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The First Official, All-Female Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

by Heather Dune Macadam

In 1942, nearly 1,000 young Jewish women were tricked into leaving their families and sent to Auschwitz.

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B’nei Mitzvah With Disabilities Find Their Way to the Bimah

by Rahel Musleah

Technology plus a new understanding of inclusion has opened doors for children with a range of disabilities to celebrate their bar or bat mitzvahs.

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Celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah as Jewish Women

by Judith Rosenbaum

Both Thanksgiving and Hanukkah are, in fact, holidays about tension between cultures. Both offer opportunities to celebrate our Americanness as well as our ethnic distinctiveness.

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