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More Dollars, Fewer Moonshots
Organized philanthropy has become the most powerful force in American Jewish communal life. As the culture of philanthropy has transformed, so has the allocation...
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How Jews Talk About Abortion (Re-Release)
Last week’s leaked Supreme Court majority opinion draft which would overturn Roe v Wade, portends a seismic shift in abortion legislation. Six months ago,...
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The Peculiar Power of Jewish Food Influencers
Something to nosh on as we go inside the world of Jewish food influencers. Kosher food influencers can often create a platform where niche...
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Antizionism in American Christianity
At the Episcopal Church’s 80th General Convention, resolutions criticizing Israeli policy were proposed that use the language of apartheid. Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Duncalf-Villavoso Professor of...
The Great American Rabbi Shortage
There's deep instability in the field of rabbinic education. Fewer rabbis are being trained, and as a result Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion...
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School, Shuls, and Hillels, Two Years Later
As we approach our third pandemic Passover, how has Jewish communal life fared? Rabbi Barry Dov Katz (Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, NY),...