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Gloria Steinem, 91 Today, Still Fighting
"Gloria Steinem and JFK were different kinds of Democrats. But they were both formed by their backgrounds. By how past generations of their families…
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Finding Meaning In "A Real Pain"
The two men are alienated in their own ways. But perhaps they’re also alienated from others by a shared family history, the legacy of losing relatives…
Standing Up To Hate
"Instead of standing with the innocent victims — women who were raped, families burned alive, babies murdered — what we saw was a resurgence of hatred…
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Hitler and Putin: Echoes In History
"Facing down the Nazis’ Third Reich and the Axis powers kept the world free for America and our democratic friends overseas. Putin's revanchism sits in…
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Better Days, and Becoming Free
"Each of us is attached to the eternal and transcendent. If we would only let go of our self-imposed guardrails, we'd find what we previously imagined…
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Raising Proud Jewish Feminists — Even in the Face of Outdated Customs
"Whilst we have no shortage of wonderful, powerful Jewish women — pioneers of equality and equity — it's hard to find support for them in the words of…
Help Others, Help Yourself
"As soon as bad things happen to good people, I'm heartened by the helpers who jump in to ease the pain and burden of others."

February 2025

A Jewish Champion for Democracy Speaks
"I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will…
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"Struma" Ship Disaster a Reminder: Pray Daily for the Hostages and Survivors
"Hanging onto a floating piece of the demolished ship, the two men were the only passengers left who’d not yet sunken to their deaths off the coast of…
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Hamas: The Champions of Making It Worse
"All I could think about was all that Yitzhak Rabin had sacrificed so that all of this might not happen. Instead, 32 more years of conflict since those…
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Tale of a Too-Brief Friendship
"In 1999, at age 30, 'Bison' decided to quit basketball and sail around the world. No one will ever know for sure what happened in the summer of 2002 on…
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Abduction, Torture and Murder: The Story of Ilan Halimi
"If you’re Jewish, odds are right now that your first thoughts are about the Israeli hostages and their families. I could not stop thinking about them…
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