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intermarriage

When you assume a woman only converted to get married, you are forsaking the mitzvah of welcoming the stranger, writes a Jewish Orthodox convert. (Photo/JTA-Olga Efimova-EyeEm)
Posted inOpinion

Stop saying women convert to Judaism just for marriage

Kylie Ora Lobell by JTA and Kylie Ora Lobell August 30, 2019
(Photo/Pixabay-alexramos10)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Memorable moments from my mishmash mixed marriage

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz July 19, 2019July 23, 2019
Education Minister Rafi Peretz speaks at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, July 4, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israeli official walks back comment comparing intermarriage to the Holocaust

by JTA July 17, 2019
Rabbi Samantha Kahn from InterfaithFamily Bay Area officiates a wedding (Photo/Courtesy InterfaithFamily)
Posted inOpinion

Intermarried Jews are not a ‘second Holocaust,’ regardless of what any Israeli politician says

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz July 12, 2019July 12, 2019
Has the Hebrew word “goy” become a slur?
Posted inAnalysis, Opinion

Is ‘goy’ a slur?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 25, 2019
a red-haired woman with glasses and a woman with dark curly hair embrace and make faces for the comera
Posted inComedy

The greatest Jewish-Palestinian lesbian comedy duo in the world

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA January 21, 2019
Michael Chabon at home in 2016 (Photo/Cathleen Maclearie)
Posted inNews

With talk of inmarriage and Israel, Chabon’s speech to new rabbis ruffled some feathers

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 25, 2018May 29, 2018
Michael Chabon
Posted inOpinion

Why we invited a critic of Israel to speak at a rabbinic ordination

Rabbi David EllensonJoshua Holo by Rabbi David Ellenson and Joshua Holo May 25, 2018May 29, 2018
(Photo/Wikimedia-Holger.Elgaard CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inColumns

Our grandson will be raised Catholic. How can I help my distraught husband adjust?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 30, 2018April 30, 2018
Julia Hernandez Nierenberg in Tsfat
Posted inIsrael at 70

Israel showed me I have a place in the global Jewish community

Julia Hernandez Nierenberg by Julia Hernandez Nierenberg April 12, 2018April 12, 2018

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