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In the early 1800s, America offered Jews something they had rarely known anywhere: the freedom to live as equals. That freedom carried a quiet danger. In a country where nearly everyone was Christian, how would Jewish children grow up knowing who they were? Rebecca Gratz (1781–1869) saw the problem early and spent nearly 70 years […]
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 […]
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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