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Opinion Russia’s Jews are caught in the messy politics of Putin’s war
Many Russian Jews, caught in a war no one asked for, are seeking a new life elsewhere
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Forverts in English VIDEO: In historic first, a female Orthodox rabbi opens prayer at a state legislature
Miriam Udel is both an ordained rabbi and an acclaimed professor of Yiddish literature at Emory University
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Opinion Another seminary welcomes students in interfaith relationships. It’s time for the rest of liberal rabbinic schools to follow suit
Hebrew College is the latest rabbinical school to revoke its policy of banning students in interfaith relationships
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Letters Should we still recite the Prayer for the State of Israel if we disagree with its government?
A government and its policies should have little to do with the religious significance of Israel and our support for it
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News The rise of the robo-rabbi? A spiritual leader turned to ChatGPT to pen a recent sermon
Rabbi Joshua Franklin says computers lack the soul necessary to connect with congregations
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Looking Forward Why this Zionist rabbi has stopped saying the Prayer for the State of Israel
“I hope that this government falls and is replaced by something better,” Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky explained
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Looking Forward What I’m grateful for this Thanksgiving, from A to Z
Our editor-in-chief gives thanks to pelotons, Zoom, dad jokes and Kanye West (but not for the reason you may think)
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Opinion Do Jewish converts have to believe in God?
A recent Alma column by an atheist convert to Judaism has provoked intense reactions
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Fast Forward Meet Lev Kreitman, who brought down Tel Aviv shooter and survived Nova music festival on Oct. 7
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Opinion A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse
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Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
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Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
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Opinion Oct. 7 changed Israel. A year later, it must change American Jews, too
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