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Rebecca Gratz: The Woman Who Protected America's Jewish Children from Christian Missionaries

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A Dating Coach for Guys Shares His 10 Best Tips

Arman Aaron Dounel had doubts he’d ever get married. Growing up in a family marked by divorce, he struggled through his own dating experiences, wondering if his family history meant something was wrong with him. “I went on many dates that weren’t leading anywhere,” he recalls, “I started thinking marriage wasn’t going to happen for […]

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The Quiet Erasure of Jewish Artists in America

Authors pressured to strip Hebrew words, Israeli settings, and even Jewish-sounding names from their manuscripts. A viral spreadsheet sorting writers by perceived politics and urging readers not to buy their books. Major museums celebrating nearly every heritage month except one, Jewish American Heritage Month. Jewish, Israeli and openly Zionist artists face growing scrutiny, protest, disruption […]

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How Omer Shem Tov Found God in a Hamas Tunnel
Held by Hamas for 505 days, Omer Shem Tov, a non-religious kid from Herzliya, discovered a freedom no captor could take.

Omer Shem Tov, 23, spent over 16 months in the tunnels of Gaza. For over a year, he’s been sharing his story around the world — how he survived and the choices that sustained him through it all, including 450 days of total isolation, 50 of them in a pitch-dark dungeon where he couldn’t even […]

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Seven Reasons for Hope on October 8
The larger Jewish picture is more hopeful than the daily headlines suggest.

Here's something you probably won't hear this week: I believe the Jewish people are in a stronger place today than we have been in generations. Three years after the worst day in Jewish life since the Holocaust, that may sound strange, even jarring. But let’s step back from the headlines, look at the whole picture, […]

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