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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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Announcing Hadassah Magazine’s 2024 Teen Essay Contest
This year’s prompt asks: How has your experience since October 7th changed the way you think about and express your Jewish identity?

This year’s prompt asks: How has your experience since October 7th changed the way you think about and express your Jewish identity?
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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.

For the past few weeks, I have been composing in my head an extended poem on the pleasures of sleeping alone. Chief among them is

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Profile: Nancy G. Brinker

by Rahel Musleah

A few weeks after Nancy G. Brinker completed chemotherapy for breast cancer, she got back on her horse and rode in a polo tournament with

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Commentary: Our Bodies, Our Homes

by Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon

I recently spent two nights with my sister and her husband, Joshua Cahan, at a private beach house on the Pacific. The trip was a

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Commentary: Defining God Upward

by Jay Michaelson

At the elite Prozdor Hebrew High School in New York, I asked a class of 20 students—the cream of the Conservative movement’s crop—how many of

Health + Medicine

Medicine: Master Stonebreaker

by Wendy Elliman

The story begins with a 16-year-old boy who first hears of a cutting-edge technology on television and grows up to not only operate the machine

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Hadassah Convention 2010: 360° of Innovation

by Sharon Pomerantz

Maybe it was because it had been two long years since delegates had seen one another at a full-scale Hadassah convention. Or maybe it was

Family

Family Matters: Dream Come True, With Complications

by Jessica Steinberg

I used to dream of getting married and becoming a mother. And as one of four kids, I always wanted four of my own children.

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A Dreidel ’Round Your Wrist In a rainbow of colors and designs—from the alef-bet to Noah’s Ark and its pairs of animals—Biblical Bandz are sweeping the tween-to-teen

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