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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.

Feature: Message from the Sources: A Time to Save the Planet

Jews have a decades-long record of protecting the earth, finding Jewish inspiration in rewriting their dominion over the land into tending God’s domain.. The early

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Letter from Brooklyn : Do the Right Thing

Can a person do for others at the same time that he does for himself? Here is one entrepreneurial davener’s story. The Sunday morning service was

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Commentary: Riches by the Pocketful

The Talmud (Eruvin 65) suggests that a person is defined by what he carries in his pockets. Every Thanksgiving, I look into my pockets and

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Commentary: Questions of Faith

by David Wolpe

I was 12 when I stopped believing in God. I lost my faith when I first encountered the horrific images of the Holocaust in the

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Commentary: Talmudic Fish Tale

by llana Kurshan

It is Friday afternoon, two hours before Shabbat. I am preparing salmon in my Jerusalem studio apartment, listening to a recorded lecture on my computer

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Last Look: A Star Is Reborn – Reclaiming and reinventing a Jewish legacy.

In its heyday, the eldridge Street Synagogue in New York’s Lower East Side echoed with the footsteps of thousands of worshipers, from the famous—scientist Jonas

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Commentary: Sunrise, Sunset

by Lisa Kingstone

When my son was a newborn, I had imagined myself his custodian in the years ahead, picking up after him, feeding him, buying larger pants

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Editor’s Wrapup: In So Many Words

by Alan M. Tigay

Just as language is what distinguishes humankind from the other species, so does the way we use language distinguish one person from another. There are

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