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Religion, Secularism, and the Jewish Left
Arielle Angel, Nathan Goldman, Judee Rosenbaum, and Mitch Abidor argue about the evolving role of religion at Jewish Currents
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Czech Republic: New web site and online exhibits of the Prague Jewish Museum's 'Secrets in the Attic' Geniza project
"The Jewish Museum in Prague has launched an informative web site with online exhibits about the eclectic material discovered in genizas in a dozen synagogue buildings that have been researched in the country since the 1990s."
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The Jewish Roots of Old Bay Seasoning
Old Bay is more than just your favorite spice — it’s a story of the discrimination that Jewish immigrants faced, their perseverance against such hate, and their contribution to the American identity and kitchen.
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One Holocaust descendant's fight for justice: 'They stole not just our land, but my family's history'
Melbourne doctor Ann Drillich is fighting the might of the Catholic church over family land in Poland, where antisemitism and populism are on the rise
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What does it mean to be genetically Jewish?
DNA tests have been used in Israel to verify a person’s Jewishness. This brings a bigger question: what does it mean to be genetically Jewish? And can you prove religious identity scientifically?
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I Was Detained At [Israel’s] Ben Gurion Airport Because Of My Beliefs
By detaining me, the Israeli government reminded us that if we want to be proud of our future, we’ll have to fight for it. By Peter Beinart.
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Hearing Poland’s Ghosts
The past, in Poland, is not a foreign country; it is morality drama and passion play, combining high ideology and down-and-dirty politics. One recent manifestation of history’s significance has been the creation of several ambitious and architecturally inventive museums dedicated to central events and themes in the Polish past.
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700-year-old Torah seized in Turkey's Muğla
Gendarmerie forces in southwestern Muğla province have detained four people who were trying to sell a 700-year-old Torah believed to be worth TL 7.5...
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From Poland to Lithuania: A Writer’s Search for Her Jewish Past
From the Jewish districts of historic cities to small, out-of-the-way towns once known as shtetls, the author finds remnants of the past at every turn.
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Topographic Maps of Eastern Europe
Topographic Maps of Eastern Europe offers a collection of small and large scale historical maps of the lands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Pale of Jewish Settlement in late Tsarist Russia.
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A Secret Jew, the New World, a Lost Book: Mystery Solved
An octogenarian cracks the case of a missing prized manuscript by Luis de Carvajal the Younger that surfaced on sale for a fraction of its value. By Joseph Berger. (Jan. 1, 2017)
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In Honor of Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands: Letter from a Forgotten Jew
I am a forgotten Jew. My roots are nearly 2,600 years old, my ancestors made landmark contributions to world civilization, and my presence was felt from North Africa to the Fertile Crescent — but I barely exist today.
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Epitaph for a Bronx Accent
“Jewish Bronx, a particular nasal intonation of English so acid and sharp that, like radiation from Chernobyl, it could kill trees. Perhaps, indeed, it is why there are so few trees in the Bronx.” By Benjamin Balthaser.
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The Forgotten Jewish Pirates of Jamaica
Today, some tour operators and cultural historians are calling attention to the country’s little-known Jewish heritage. By Ross Kenneth Urken.
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How DNA traced the Ashkenazic Jews to northeastern Turkey
Northeastern Turkey has not received much attention from scholars of Jewish history. It was not an area of dispute nor a region known to host famous schools. ... The ancestry of nearly all Ashkenazic Jews could be traced to four ancient villages...
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Inventing the ghetto
Established 500 years ago, Venice’s Jewish ghetto still has some lessons to give
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Jack Yufe dies at 82; he was raised Jewish, his identical twin as a Nazi
It sounded like a tabloid headline: Identical twins separated after birth. One grew up Jewish, the other a Nazi.
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Jews 'no longer feel safe' in Europe and mass exodus increasing as a result of surge in anti-Semitic incidents
The current influx of refugees into Europe could be mirrored by a mass exodus of Jews, faith leaders have warned as new figures revealed a rise in anti-Semitic incidents over the past year. European Jewish Congress President Dr Moshe Kantor told a conference in Brussels: “If hundreds of thousands of Jews leave the EU, which is becoming a very strong possibility, then it too will be judged a failure,” he said. “Over the past few years...
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Atheism as my path to High Holy Days enlightenment
Not long ago, I was having lunch with a colleague and we got around to the almost-always-perilous subject of religion. He asked me how I define myself, and I said, “I’m Jewish. And an atheist.” He laughed and said, “No, really, what are you?”
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Berlin hosting "Jewish Olympics" in stadium Hitler built
By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - Seven decades after Adolf Hitler sought to stop Jews from competing in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, more than 2,500 Jewish competitors will take pa...
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