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  • Members of the Hebrew Israelite community dance in Dimona during the Passover celebrations to mark the anniversary of their arrival in Israel.
    Members of the Hebrew Israelite community dance in Dimona during the Passover celebrations to mark the anniversary of their arrival in Israel.
    Israel & The Middle East section icon
    How Politicians and Celebrities Helped Black Americans Build a Spiritual Home in Israel

    A new book chronicles the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, who left Chicago four decades ago and never looked back

    byJohn L. Jackson, Jr.
  • Oprah Winfrey sits down with Cissy Houston at her home in New Jersey on Jan. 22, 2013.(George Burns/Harpo Inc.)
    Oprah Winfrey sits down with Cissy Houston at her home in New Jersey on Jan. 22, 2013.(George Burns/Harpo Inc.)
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    Cissy Houston’s Hate—and Ours

    Whitney’s mother to Oprah: Gay is not OK. Is her prejudice any different from ours against intermarriage?

    byRachel Shukert
  • Whitney Houston, 1987.
    Whitney Houston, 1987.
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    And I

    Whitney Houston’s music played at bar mitzvahs across America in the 1990s—the theme songs of a forgotten adolescence

    byRachel Shukert
  • A video tribute to Whitney Houston at the Grammy Awards, Feb. 12, 2012.(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
    A video tribute to Whitney Houston at the Grammy Awards, Feb. 12, 2012.(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Mourning in America

    The awkward tribute to the late Whitney Houston at the Grammys proves that the country still hasn’t learned how to mourn properly. But Judaism has.

    byLiel Leibovitz
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