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Once again, B’nai Torah Congregation is ramping up for a season chock full of programs and events people of all ages, including the annual Concert Series, Author Forum, Mitzvah Day, and Scholar-in-Residence Series. Mitzvah Day Sunday, Nov. 13, 9 am...

November 8 In History 30: Birthdate of Marcus Cocceius Nerva, the Roman Emperor who changed the way in which the special tax on Jews was collected so that would not be the humiliating experience created by his Flavian predecessors. 641: “Jews were...

Demonstrators rally outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan to express solidarity with three Israeli teens who were abducted in the West Bank, June 16, 2014. (Miriam Moster/JTA) September 2013 The United States and Russia reach a deal to rid Syria...

The days of shame about living in America are over. But can this diverse group of immigrants hold onto their culture? And is there a chance that they can become a unified political voice? By Ellen Wexler When she moved to New York in 2003, Shelly Oria...

Younger generations’ identities are caught somewhere between their past and their present, complicated even further by their encounters with Russian–Jewish culture and American–Jewish culture. [This essay is from Contact, a publication of The Steinhardt...