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A Yiddish Haven Thrives in Australia
Australia has the largest proportion of Holocaust survivors of any country besides Israel. In Melbourne, some of their descendants are…
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World
Rabbi’s Brush With Danger in Ukraine Went Viral
KYIV, Ukraine — It was a striking image: a bearded rabbi with a flak jacket over his tallit, hitting the…
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World
Israel’s Right-Wing Government Has Jewish Democrats at a Loss
American lawmakers defending Israel have often fallen back on what they call the countries’ shared democratic values. But defending the…
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Tradition, ‘Tradition!’ and the Memory of Topol on the Roof
A few years ago, I bought my father a T-shirt printed with the Yiddish words “Shver tsu zayn a yid”…
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The Bakers Reimagining Traditional Jewish Pastries
THE SCHNECKEN AT Edith’s, a Jewish deli in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, gleam with sugary glaze or drip with buttery icing, depending…
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You Can’t Save Democracy in a Jewish State
The warnings come every day: Israeli democracy is in danger. Since Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government announced plans to undermine the…
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George Santos and Being ‘Jew-ish’ Among Jews
I know I should be horrified by the revelations about George Santos, the representative-elect from Queens who seems to have…
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Netanyahu’s New Ministers Have Very Strict Ideas About Who Is a Jew
For years, there has been a growing gap between Israelis and American Jews when it comes to Israel’s policies toward…
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World
Day 25: That Time an Orthodox Jew Celebrated Christmas
The first and only time that Alex Edelman’s family celebrated Christmas, their tree was topped not by a star, but…
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Did George Santos Also Mislead Voters About Being Jewish?
Genealogy websites cited by The Forward suggest that Mr. Santos’s grandparents were born in Brazil, and were not “Holocaust refugees,”…