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Jews Accused Of Taking Up Too Much Space On Sidewalks

So I was waiting in line with this woman who grew up in London but has split her past decade between the U.S. and Israel. “It’s easy to be Jewish in Israel,” she said. “But life is much harder than … Continue reading

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Dull Books For Yom Kippur

I afflicted my soul on Yom Kippur by reading a couple of very dull, poorly written academic books on Judaism. The first one had the exciting title: Between Redemption and Doom: The Strains of German-Jewish Modernism. I gave up on … Continue reading

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