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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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Letters FDR was never going to meet with the rabbis marching on Washington
A historian responds to the claims FDR could have met with the 400 Orthodox rabbis marching to save Jews of Europe
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Opinion Jewish tradition compels us to not become numb to gun violence
Our nation is held hostage by its worship of guns. Jewish teachings point us toward action.
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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News Your complete guide to Trump’s Jewish advisers and pro-Israel cabinet
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Opinion After all that controversy, here’s why Ta-Nehisi Coates (probably) didn’t change any minds on Israel-Palestine
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Looking Forward How a Jewish student at Columbia became an icon of a movement
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Culture At 95, Shaindel Schreiber is still dispensing babka and advice on the Lower East Side
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Fast Forward Fighting antisemitism is ‘an American issue’ not a Democratic or Republican one, says House Democratic leader
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