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Julius ‘Jules’ Fox, Attorney Who Rebuilt His Life in Israel, Dies...
Julius “Jules” Fox was in his early 40s and firmly established as a Washington lawyer and accountant when he decided to begin again.
Fox left...
Opinion
D’var Torah: Ringing a Bell of Rights; And What’s Right
By Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb
This week’s Torah portion is Matot-Masei: Numbers 30:2 — 36:13
This week’s double portion concludes the Torah’s main narrative. What’s the...
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Annandale’s Rachel Gomberg Shares Passion for Jewish Music
Rachel Gomberg began singing before she uttered her first word, and now she’s passing on that same love for music to the next Jewish...
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Last Word
Rockville’s Rabbi Gary Pokras Reflects on Impactful Decade at Temple Beth...
As a teenager, Rabbi Gary Pokras wanted nothing to do with religion. He begrudgingly accompanied his parents to High Holidays services at the shul,...
Food & Dining
Liquid Kosher: A Club for Connoisseurs Expands Its Range
By Jules Polonetsky
The serious evaluation of any wine starts the same way regardless of what’s on the label: soil composition, canopy management, harvest decisions,...
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Nation and World
Take a Look at the Antisemitism Command Center Inside Gillette Stadium
Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA
For the past five years, a specialty “command center” that researches antisemitism has been operating inside the New England Patriots’ home...
Arts & Culture
Liquid Kosher: A Club for Connoisseurs Expands Its Range
By Jules Polonetsky
The serious evaluation of any wine starts the same way regardless of what’s on the label: soil composition, canopy management, harvest decisions,...
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Meet the North American Families Who Are Moving to Israel Right Now
By Peter Ephross
At first glance, the recent celebration outside a northern New Jersey synagogue looked a lot like a bar or bat mitzvah party. Dance...
More Than a GPA: Inside the Movement to End Letter Grades in Jewish Education
By Debra Rubin
At least three times each school year, middle school pupils at the Oakland Hebrew Day School write divrei Torah, or essays on a...
How Teachers Are Harnessing AI to Democratize Israeli Education
By Elana Sztokman
When veteran Israeli educator Meirav Seror asked her high school literature class in Beersheba how they might use artificial intelligence to study for...
These Schools Build Druze Israeli Identity, One Student at a Time
By Elana Sztokman
The front courtyard of the Amal high school in the western Galilee village of Yanuh Jat, with its stone terraces, flower-lined walkways...