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Temple Beth-El in Great Neck, N.Y. (Courtesy of Temple Beth-El)
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A pioneering Reform synagogue makes way for a booming Iranian Jewish community

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi April 20, 2026April 20, 2026

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Temple Beth-El is an island of Reform Judaism in […]

Karin Sczech participates in the excavation at the medieval Jewish cemetery of Erfurt. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy TLDA Ronny Krause)
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A German town built a granary atop its Jewish cemetery. Now the bones are yielding insights about Ashkenazi DNA.

by Toby Axelrod and JTA November 30, 2022
a sleeping infant
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American Jews are winning the fight against Tay-Sachs. But work on genetic disorders remains.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 19, 2022
Tova Ricardo was J.'s 2019 summer intern. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Wandering in translation, learning to speak the language of my people

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo August 12, 2019
Rice, lentils, chick peas, beans and other legumes shown in a produce market in Netanya, Israel. (Photo/JTA-David Silverman-Getty Images)
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The Passover kitniyot argument isn’t worth a hill of beans

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 9, 2019April 15, 2019
Shelly Butcher's Moroccan-inspired tsimmes
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This Ashkenazi chef’s question to a French Jewish Facebook group gave her new ideas for Rosh Hashanah

Shelly Butcher by Shelly Butcher August 30, 2017August 30, 2017

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