Please stop calling my Orthodox son’s marriage an ‘arranged marriage’
The community's matchmaking system may be foreign to liberal Jews, but not all such marriages are 'arranged'
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The first show at the JTS library's new gallery has rare ketubot from different centuries and continents
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Yiddish World Jewish couples in love even after decades together
As the Yiddish proverb goes: “Hob mikh veyniker lib, nor hob mikh lang lib – love me less, but love me long.” I don’t see this as a popular saying among millennials, just as it wasn’t for us yidn in di yorn (Jews getting on in years) when we were young ourselves. Being swept up…
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News Pew’s new study of American Jews reveals widening divides, worries over antisemitism
A new, detailed survey of American Jews from the Pew Research Center shows a deepening divide between the Orthodox and the less observant, a rising number of Black, Hispanic and Asian Jews, more intermarriage and growing concern about antisemitism. The increasingly stark religious and political differences between the Orthodox and other Jews is likely to…
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Life Marriage brings people together, but this one is driving family apart
From its start in 1906, A Bintel Brief was a pillar of the Forward, helping generations of Jewish immigrants learn how to be American. Now our columnists are helping people navigate the complexities of being Jewish in 2020. Send questions to bintel@forward.com. In sickness and in health, till Bubbe do us part Dear Bintel, My…
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Fast Forward Virginia County’s Official List Of Races Includes ‘Aryan,’ ‘Hebrew’ and ‘Jew’
Attorneys seeking to overturn a Virginia law requiring couples to list their races on marriage licenses has released one county’s official list of acceptable races, which includes over 200 options — from “Assyrian” to “Zoroastrian.” The federal suit, filed Thursday in the Eastern District of Virginia, claims that the race requirement is “offensive,” “unconstitutional” and…
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The Schmooze Jonah Hill Is Engaged To Be Married
The artist formerly (and currently) known as Jonah Hill is engaged. Our boy, whom we have followed since before he grew beard hair, is set to join another in matrimony, Page Six first reported. It’s a moment that is both gloriously bittersweet, and none of our business. Nevertheless, we crack on. Gianna Santos and Jonah…
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