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The ark doors at Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin, Texas, mimic an ancient depiction of the Hebrew calendar. (Photo/Rabbi Neil Blumofe)
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I’m using this space to write about time

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A teenager visiting the Berlin Holocaust Memorial (Photo/Julie Levine)
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After years at a Jewish school, moving to a secular school has been a rude awakening

Talia Bodner by Talia Bodner May 10, 2019May 15, 2019
Israelis display their nation's flag as they revel in Independence Day celebrations, May 8, 2019. (Photo/Hadas Parush-Flash90)
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Back-to-back Israeli holidays are exhausting — and emotionally manipulative

Elana Sztokman by Elana Sztokman May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
Adah Forer in Israel
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My heart was in the East. Now, my body is too.

Adah Forer by Adah Forer May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
In the aftermath of the Six-Day War, a huge crowd streamed toward the Western Wall. (Courtesy/Linda Kurtz)
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The journey from Passover to Israel Independence Day

Shlomi Kofman by Shlomi Kofman May 7, 2019May 7, 2019
the covers of both books superimposed over a photo of the Israeli flag
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Two new books give Zionist feminists a well-deserved place in history

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From the cover of our May 5, 2019 issue: Yosef Jazi and his granddaughter, Ahuva, Yemeni Jews of Elyakim Village, Israel, 1973 (Photo/Nino Herman)
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Where to celebrate Israel Independence Day around the Bay

by J. Staff May 2, 2019May 3, 2019
a man with a short beard looks despondent, while an arm bearing a swastika armband passes in front of him
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New play, premiering in S.F., tells the story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

by Patricia Corrigan May 1, 2019May 1, 2019
collage of cover art from "Mourning" by Eduardo Halfon, "We Were the Lucky Ones" by Georgia Hunter, "The Flight Portfolio" but Julie Orringer, and "Sophie's Choice" by William Styron
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Why Holocaust fiction is still so popular

by Emily Burack May 1, 2019May 2, 2019
Carole Priven's tattoo is a copy of the one that was forced on her late husband at Auschwitz.
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Your tattoo was forced on you at Auschwitz. Mine honors your memory.

Carole Priven by Carole Priven April 30, 2019May 2, 2019

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