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Young Jews in America and Israel: Rising levels of religiosity, widening political gap
The abuse of Halacha: Keeping Halacha under control
Judaism is in trouble. More and more of the unacceptable is being done and said in its name.
At Maccabi, forging Jewish identity between the baselines
When I was 10, my family got frum, and I started playing baseball. Oddly, the overlap wasn’t a coincidence: Our new rabbi added me to his Little League team and taught me how to throw; I broke in my first mitt — and a new peer group — playing catch with his son.
Forgiveness
I was standing with my brother on the top floor of a hotel in Atlanta having checked in for a conference he had organized.
Happy new year, Pope Francis
I’m sure your much-anticipated visit to the United States was not timed to coincide with our season of holy days, a time of personal renewal and return to God, all in celebration of the world’s creation.
Power plays
I want to share a story about a couple who’ve been married for 19 years.
A walk to remember: Parashat Behar-Bechukotai (Leviticus 25:1-27:34)
Most mornings, I can be found walking the streets of my neighborhood, shoes laced up, with a baseball cap firmly in place.
Father says 7 children who died in NYC fire were ‘so pure’
The father of seven Orthodox Jewish children killed in a Brooklyn house fire told hundreds of mourners at their funeral on Sunday that the only way he can survive the tragedy was \”complete, utter and total surrender\” to his religious beliefs.
Eyes open and eyes shut: A pre-High Holy Days meditation
Paul Gaugin, the famous 19th-century French artist, commented: “When I want to see clearly, I shut my eyes.”
New Articles
Stephen Wise Temple Trustees Demand Immediate Action Against Antisemitism at Loyola Law School
UCLA Cancels Classes Following Night of Violence
UCLA Student Eli Tsives on Standing Up to Campus Antisemitism
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