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“I feel my father all the time”
פֿון פּאָלינאַ בעלענקי אין מאַרץ 2024 איז אַרויס אין ישׂראל אַ בוך מיטן טיטל „איין טאָג אין אָקטאָבער“. די מחברים יאיר אַגמון און אוריה מבורך האָבן אין אים אַרויסגעגעבן 40 עדותשאַפֿטן פֿון דעם 7טן אָקטאָבער 2023. דאָס זענען 40 טעקסטן וואָס דערציילן פּערזענלעכע זכרונות פֿון מענטשן וואָס דער דאָזיקער שרעקלעכער טאָג האָט זיי דירעקט טראַגיש…
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The deadliest act of antisemitism on American soil is remembered in a new exhibit
(New York Jewish Week) — At first glance, the prayer book is one that’s found at countless Conservative synagogues across the country: Siddur Sim Shalom, which was published in 1985 by the Rabbinical Assembly. But the chewed-up appearance of the book’s left corner tells a different story: This siddur was grazed by a bullet during…
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When you invite your ancestors into your sukkah, consider bringing their Jewish languages in, too
On Sukkot, we strengthen our local communities, hosting elaborate meals with relatives and friends and leaving one wall of the sukkah open, symbolizing hospitality. Sukkot also invokes the Jewish community in time. We build temporary structures to commemorate our biblical ancestors wandering through the desert, and we invite ushpizin – symbolic guests. Traditionally, ushpizin have…
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Harvard professor suspended after allegedly firing pellet gun near Brookline synagogue
The professor was allegedly seen shooting a pellet rifle in the vicinity of Temple Beth Zion on Erev Yom Kippur.
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Two years of hell: A timeline of key events in the Israel-Gaza war
From the Hamas massacre of October 7 and murdered hostages to the devastation of Gaza and starving civilians, from exploding Hezbollah pagers to missiles fired between Israel and Iran, from mass protests to international recognition of a Palestinian state: Here is Haaretz’s chronology of two years of a terrible war
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Unbeatable Prices On Bulk Kratom—KRATOMade’s Cyber Monday Offers
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Is Netflix’s new show the most Jewish cartoon ever?
Nearly every episode in ‘Long Story Short,’ from the creator of ‘BoJack Horseman,’ revolves around a very Jewish moment By Mira Fox, PJ Grisar, Olivia Haynie and Nora Berman August 22, 2025 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The following…
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How the Global Religious Landscape Changed from 2010 to 2020
Muslims grew fastest; Christians lagged behind global population increase• Christians are the world’s largest religious group, at 28.8% of the global population. They are a majority everywhere except the Asia-Pacific and Middle East-North Africa regions. Sub-Saharan Africa has surpassed Europe in having the largest number of Christians. But Christians are shrinking as a share of…
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Antisemitism in some unlikely places in America
By HENRY SREBRNIK Antisemitism flourishes in a place where few might expect to confront it – medical schools and among doctors. It affects Jews, I think, more emotionally than Judeophobia in other fields. Medicine has long been a Jewish profession with a history going back centuries. We all know the jokes about “my son –…
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The 2025 Toronto Walk (and talk ) for Israel
By GERRY POSNER There are walks and then there are walks. The Toronto UJA Walk for Israel on May 25, 2025 was one of a kind, at least as far as Canada and Jews are concerned. The number of people present was estimated to be 56,000 people or 112,000 total shoes. (How they get to…
