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How American Jews Adopted—and Adapted—Thanksgiving

Special synagogue services may be a thing of the past but otherwise observing the holiday helped Jews feel like at one with the turkey-loving nation

By Jenna Weissman Joselit · November 22, 2017
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A Tale of Two Kitchens: How a Nonpartisan Holiday Became Sacred

We have different levels of observance, but my family comes together for one holy day: Thanksgiving

By Jordana Rothman · November 19, 2012
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‘Ambassador Samantha Power Lied to My Face About Syria,’ by Kassem Eid

A letter from a survivor of Assad’s chemical attacks about his encounter with Obama’s chief diplomat at the United Nations

By Tony Badran · February 27, 2018

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In Conversation with Author, Shulem Deen

A wide-ranging interview covers his Hasidic father’s secret room full of books about other religions, why Judaism needs community, faith, happiness, and other vital matters

By Kelsey Liebenson-Morse · November 16, 2018
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Ukraine’s Capital Names a ‘Nemtsov Square’ After Slain Leader of Russian Opposition

Kyiv’s city council passed the measure after a long campaign to honor Boris Nemtosv, a staunch supporter of Ukraine’s Euromaidan revolution

By Vladislav Davidzon · November 16, 2018
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A Hanukkah Scrunchie in Ode to RBG’s Sartorial Splendor  

May she get well soon!

 

By Marjorie Ingall · November 16, 2018
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A Town Divided

A new documentary explores the bitter divisions in a New York town between the large Hasidic community and secular local activists who want to stop their Hasidic neighbors from expanding

By Sara Trappler Spielman · November 16, 2018
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Iran Was Even Closer to Getting a Bomb Than We Thought

Only a couple of months away in 2015, according to a new report

By Armin Rosen · November 15, 2018

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Finding a New Path

Israel wakes up to the needs of ex-Haredim

By Jennifer Richler · November 16, 2018
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Torah, From a Transgender Perspective

Joy Ladin’s new book, ‘Soul of the Stranger,’ explores her intimate connection with God

By Shoshana Olidort · November 15, 2018
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Messages in Stone

A new study of old Jewish cemeteries in Europe finds the epitaphs whispering at us

By Gavriel Savit · November 14, 2018
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Not Jewish: Hunting

By Kinky Friedman

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André Azoulay Is the Most Powerful Jew in the Muslim World

What else keeps the Jewish-Moroccan relationship alive?

By Armin Rosen · November 15, 2018
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Kurdistan and Israel

Kurdistani Jews are caught between the Jewish state and the ethnonationalist ambitions of its Middle Eastern neighbors

By Mardean Isaac · November 14, 2018
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Israel’s New Diplomatic Horizon

A surprise visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Oman last month reveals the Jewish state’s shifting foreign policy

By Ofra Bengio · November 12, 2018

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Thanks in Advance

Episode 158: Iranian political refugee Shay Khatiri on raising $1.2 million for Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, and A.J. Jacobs on his new book about gratitude

By Unorthodox · November 15, 2018
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The Re-Incarnation of a Frog

Rokhl’s Golden City: Montreal’s shape-shifting klezmer genius Socalled transmigrates into a new album—and gay porn

By Rokhl Kafrissen · November 14, 2018
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Farewell to Stan Lee

1922-2018

By Liel Leibovitz · November 13, 2018