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Jerry Lippman was a Jewish newspaperman who refused to play by the rules

Jerry Lippman was a Jewish newspaperman who refused to play by the rules

Jerry Lippman, the indefatigable publisher of the Long Island Jewish World and the Manhattan Jewish Sentinel, who passed away Sept. 1 at age 76,...

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The Jewish Week

Jeff Helmreich

King David is having a moment in Christian pop culture. We would do well to join in.

Several years ago, my book on King David was optioned for a movie by Warner Brothers. A few scripts were written and then it fell into the void of...

15.01.2026 7

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Rabbi David Wolpe

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key.

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key.

I grew up in a large suburban Conservative synagogue in the 1980s. It was there that I learned what it meant to be a Jew. I attended religious...

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Adam Pollack

For 250 years, American Jews have answered prejudice with defiance

For 250 years, American Jews have answered prejudice with defiance

In December 1778, as the American Revolution still raged, a Jewish writer in Charlestown  opened a newspaper and saw Jews made into wartime...

14.01.2026 10

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Austin Reid Albanese

The destroyed library at Jackson’s Beth Israel was a sanctuary for me. I have faith it will be one for all again.

The destroyed library at Jackson’s Beth Israel was a sanctuary for me. I have faith it will be one for all again.

For two years, Jackson, Mississippi, was my home. It was the first place I lived after college, when I worked as an education fellow at the...

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Rabbi Lex Rofeberg

As we mark shloshim for Bondi Beach, we also ask: Can Australia’s multicultural project survive?

As we mark shloshim for Bondi Beach, we also ask: Can Australia’s multicultural project survive?

SYDNEY — “As a Holocaust survivor, I want my Australia back!” This was the impassioned plea that garnered rapturous applause from several thousand...

13.01.2026 4

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Dan Goldberg

American Jewish leaders have given up on a two-state solution. Younger Jews are hanging onto the audacity of hope.

American Jewish leaders have given up on a two-state solution. Younger Jews are hanging onto the audacity of hope.

The year 2026 will be a fateful and challenging time for American Jews and for those of us who support Israel and worry about its future as a...

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Shanie Reichman