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Was the Jewish Bronx the ‘paradise’ that it seemed?

Was the Jewish Bronx the ‘paradise’ that it seemed?

In 1930, the Bronx was 50% Jewish. It’s a statistic that always surprises me, partly because the intense Jewish nostalgia over the Lower East Side...

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

I was raised on Peter Yarrow’s songs — but don’t think Jewish communities should sing them

I was raised on Peter Yarrow’s songs — but don’t think Jewish communities should sing them

Like many Americans of my age, I was raised on Peter, Paul, and Mary’s music. “Puff The Magic Dragon,” “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” and...

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Mary Zamore

My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.

My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.

I grew up on stories of exile. My family was forced out of Iraq and Tunisia for being Jewish — homes stolen, communities erased and history...

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Hen Mazzig

LA Jews are all mourners now — experiencing both the grief and hope our tradition understands

LA Jews are all mourners now — experiencing both the grief and hope our tradition understands

LOS ANGELES — As the wildfires devoured our neighborhoods and people’s homes, schools, businesses, sanctuaries, and lives went up in flames, we...

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Rabbi Nicole Guzik

Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power

Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power

Sen. Ron Wyden wrote his new memoir before the re-election of Donald Trump, and at times it reads like a dispatch from a distant era that ended on,...

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Andrew Silow-Carroll