As a queer Jew, learning Anne Frank was bisexual is a game-changer
by Yonah Bex Gerber This story originally appeared on Alma. Like many American children, I first read Anne Frank’s diary in school. And like many…
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Why some American Jews pay more than $20,000 to get buried in Israel
by Josefin Dolsten NEW YORK (JTA) — Within hours of his mother’s funeral, Rabbi Abba Cohen was driving from Baltimore to New York’s John F….
I told my fiance not to convert to Judaism. Now I’m reconsidering.
by Ellie Rose This story originally appeared on Alma. I don’t remember exactly how soon it was after we became engaged that my fiance, Tony,…
Opinion: What Jewish law really says about abortion
by Ephraim Sherman (JTA) – Alabama and Georgia have passed laws recently that limit or forbid abortions in unprecedented ways, joining a growing number of states that…
What did Rashida Tlaib say about the Holocaust? It’s probably not what you think.
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Republican lawmakers like Rep. Lee Zeldin were criticized, deservedly, for distorting Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s comments about the Holocaust by suggesting…