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A new read on Jewish life

06 July 2022

7 Tamuz 5782

FICTION

A Lavender Marriage, 2019

A story of painted portraits and meetings in the park

byLeslie Epstein

Tweeting the Torah

A new space for discussions about religious Jewish life emerges on ‘frum Twitter’

byYoni Gutenmacher

CUNY Chancellor Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, who was absent at Thursday's hearing

CUNY Schools Jews on the New Race Regime

Skipped by the university’s chancellor for the second time, Thursday’s hearings to address allegations of pervasive student and faculty antisemitism ended in bitter stalemate

byArmin Rosen

To Converse and Pray Together

Professor David Weiss Halivni, who died this week, was a scholarly giant with the highest aspirations

byNaftali Tzvi Rabinovich

CUNY Schools Jews on the New Race Regime

Skipped by the university’s chancellor for the second time, Thursday’s hearings to address allegations of pervasive student and faculty antisemitism ended in bitter stalemate

byArmin Rosen

To Converse and Pray Together

Professor David Weiss Halivni, who died this week, was a scholarly giant with the highest aspirations

byNaftali Tzvi Rabinovich

‘The Oppermanns’ Brings Us Some Bad News From 1933

Everything you thought would prepare you for success instead narrows your chances of survival

byMarco Roth

The Dough That Binds Us

Carrying on my grandmother’s baking traditions has connected me to my family—and to Judaism

byMicah Siva

Clearing a Space

David Milch is the genius behind shows like ‘Deadwood’ and ‘NYPD Blue,’ with fundamental insight into the crooked workings of humanity, and the human soul

byTed Mann

Pagans in Uniform

Media reports on followers of old Norse paganism focus on reactionary followers with white supremacist beliefs. But practitioners of the faith in the military are trying to correct the record.

byMaggie Phillips

Be a Contestant on ‘Hebrew School’!

We’re looking for curious kids age 7 to 12 to compete on our Jewish game show podcast

byTablet Podcasts

China’s Killer Doctors

How the PRC’s lucrative transplant industry kills donors by removing their organs

byJacob LaveeandMatthew P. Robertson

Music algorithms push discovery. Open up an algorithmic playlist and you’ll hear a new song every three to five minutes, a few from artists you know and several you don’t.

Stop Being Surprised by Germany

Blinded by their own Cold War propaganda, Americans can’t see Berlin’s Ukraine policy for what it is

byJeremy Stern

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