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The death of Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine closes a chapter in Jewish history

(New York Jewish Week) — My son is in town from California for Passover, and on Tuesday night he treated the rest of the family to a Mets game....

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The Jewish Week

Andrew Silow-Carroll

An Indiana court ruled that Jews have a religious liberty right to abortion. Here’s why that matters.

(JTA) — Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the right to abortion is no longer protected by...

11.04.2024 60

The Jewish Week

Michael A. Helfand

To mark our brokenness this Passover, let’s scale back the matzah on our seder tables

(JTA) — How might we celebrate Passover differently this year? With so many Israelis brutally murdered on Oct. 7, so many soldiers killed or...

10.04.2024 10

The Jewish Week

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer

 How a 100-year-old law changed American immigration policy till this day

(JTA) — In May 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed legislation, known as the Johnson-Reed Act, that severely restricted the number of immigrants...

07.04.2024 10

The Jewish Week

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Literature celebrates nuance. So why does the book world feel so one-sided on Israel?

(JTA) — For many people in literary spaces, the waves of anti-Israelism since Oct. 7 and the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war — whether fueled...

05.04.2024 5

The Jewish Week

Erika Dreifus

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