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A New Yorker article about circumcision features an illustration by Javier Jaén. (Photo/Jewish Week)
Posted inOpinion

We may be talking about Gary Shteyngart’s botched circumcision for a long time

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA October 12, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inUncategorized

My militant sister campaigns against intermarriage. I am engaged to a gentile. Here’s how we remain family.

Rachel Hartman by Rachel Hartman and JTA October 7, 2021
Josh Mandel (Photo/JTA-Chris Maddaloni-CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Is Josh Mandel obscuring his Jewishness to win over conservative voters?

by Max Littman and Forward October 5, 2021
From "The Divine Comedy" by Gustave Dore.
Posted inReligion

Why calling God ‘they’ shouldn’t upset you

by Mark Silk and RNS October 4, 2021
Students at the Yom Rishon School listen to the story of Passover. (Photo/Courtesy Yom Rishon)
Posted inLetters

We got story of Yom Rishon School wrong; Dogs and God; Etc.

by J. Readers September 30, 2021
From "The Divine Comedy" by Gustave Dore.
Posted inOpinion

Why our preferred pronoun for God should be ‘they’

by Mark Silk and RNS September 29, 2021September 29, 2021
A socially distanced classroom. (Photo/File)
Posted inOpinion

Pitched debate on ethnic studies calls for perspective

by J. Editorial Board September 29, 2021September 29, 2021
"Exodus 2: Mosheh Cradles Moshah" by Yael Kanarek
Posted inReligion

I reversed the genders of every person in the Torah — and it finally feels complete

by Yael Kanarek and Forward September 28, 2021September 28, 2021
Eric Gattmann
Posted inCommunity, First Person, Obituaries, Jewish Life, Opinion

Remembering Eric Gattmann, an educator committed to justice

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel September 28, 2021September 29, 2021
(Photo/Forward-Montinique Monroe-Getty)
Posted inOpinion

Spending time with unhoused people challenged everything I knew about Sukkot

Hannah Lebovits by Hannah Lebovits and Forward September 24, 2021September 24, 2021

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