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Sir Moses Montefiore: The great British philanthropist and Orthodox Jew Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was once seated at a dinner party next to an antisemite who declared he’d just come back from a trip to Japan, where they “have neither pigs nor Jews.” Without pause, Sir Moses replied “Accordingly, you and I should go there […]
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Passover is often synonymous with stress. There’s stress from finances. Stress from family dynamics. Stress from the chametz war. Stress from trying to juggle a hundred different balls that all need attention right now. And for me, in Israel, stress from being in the middle of a war and having all my kids home all […]
Joseph Cox’s parents discovered Judaism while living on a homestead on the banks of Salmon River in Idaho’s wilderness, off the grid and far away from any other Jews. His mother was raised as an atheist Jew, and his father was raised as a religious Christian. “My parents had a good friend, Danny Gershenson, who […]
In 1982, 12-year-old Rosie Bloom (not her real name) stole a bottle of India ink from art class, and, along with a friend, took a sewing needle and tattooed something tough and punk sounding onto her knuckles. She was inked. Two years later she got her first “professional” tattoo. It was done by someone her […]
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Hillel Neuer has been fighting the UN for 20 years. Here's what he's learned.
