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Judaism is a “silent character” in Nora Ephron’s legacy
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Looking Forward How one of America’s most prominent rabbis got on the path to the pulpit
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She was the Sandy Koufax of ping pong. Now she’s the star of a children’s book.
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Old Jewish Men — and all aspiring to that status — now have a guide of their own
The founder of the viral brand speaks to the zen of being aged, Hebraic and direct to a fault
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South Carolina school district restricts Holocaust graphic novel for middle-graders, citing new state law
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Amir Tibon, Israeli journalist and Oct. 7 survivor, on life, hope and betrayal after the massacre
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CNN’s Dana Bash is latest Jewish author targeted by pro-Palestinian activists
ADL and others say antisemitism motivated hecklers disrupting Bash’s book talk
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Looking Forward An Orthodox rabbi and a Reform journalist dance with the Torah
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