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Noah Pozner, 6, was the youngest of 20 child victims of the Dec. 14, 2012 shooting massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that also claimed six adults. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Pozner family)
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As a mom, it’s getting harder to pretend away school shootings

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein March 11, 2018March 9, 2018
Gabriel Leiter of Yeshiva University drives on a Purchase College defender in the Skyline Conference championship game, Feb. 25, 2018. (Photo/Courtesy Yeshiva University)
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We’re just giddy about Yeshiva University in NCAA tourney

Larry RosenEric Goldbrener by Larry Rosen and Eric Goldbrener March 9, 2018
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
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4 questions to ask of our leaders before Passover

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 9, 2018March 8, 2018
Mat Schuster at Canela, his Spanish restaurant in the Castro District of San Francisco
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Passover menu is back at Texas Jew’s Spanish bistro in the Castro

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 9, 2018March 9, 2018
President Donald Trump in the White House, Feb. 9, 2018, and an illustration of Cyrus the Great. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images & Wikimedia Commons)
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Who is Cyrus the Great, and why is Bibi comparing him to Trump?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 8, 2018March 8, 2018
From the cover of "Eternal" by Dara Horn
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Pondering eternity: destiny, an ancient love affair and the oldest woman in the world

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 7, 2018August 20, 2018
Christina and Robert Soriano celebrate with their dachshund, Wally (Photo/Ari Simphoukham justari.com)
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This couple’s dog Wally was the real star of their wedding

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 7, 2018March 7, 2018
Anton Yelchin's final, posthumous role in "Thoroughbreads"
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Anton Yelchin’s final role lands in ‘Thoroughbreds’; Appatow’s ‘Love’ returns

by Nate Bloom March 6, 2018March 23, 2018
Imentet and Ra from the tomb of Nefertari, 13th century BCE. When the Israelites left Egypt, they felt lost without the rich visuals of Egyptian religion.
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Put down your iPhone (read: idol) and teach some Torah to a child

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau March 2, 2018March 2, 2018
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 22, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Tom Williams-CQ Roll Call)
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Why Wayne LaPierre freaks out Jews and heartens anti-Semites

by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 1, 2018February 28, 2018

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