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Thread tracking how mayoral candidates in New York responded to events in Israel today. Eric Adams, who by some measures is leading the mayoral race:https://twitter.com/ericadamsfornyc/status/1391922818032574464?s=20 Andrew Yang, who by som

Ron is asking this question in good faith and I hear it very often in Jewish spaces. A simple answer to this: Practically all parts of the left, broadly defined,

The key drivers of European Jewish population decline are the Holocaust, forcible assimilation, and the exodus of USSR/Iron Curtain Jewry. What we see is the results of those state-sponsored policies.

Despite my better judgement I have been tricked into watching Great British Baking show. Tonight's episode features babka. After the many bagel crimes committed on this show I am not

I leave it to the experts to parse the methodology but anybody who has examined surveys of Jewish sentiment in the past decade has seen a divergence in views between

In absolute numbers, more American Jews will be voting for Joe Biden than Israelis have ever voted for a prime minister's party in an election. Maybe it's time Israelis got

At the Rosh Hashanah services I attended the rabbi discussed the need to be grateful for things epic and minuscule, whether they come from humanity or from nature. It's a

A personal anecdote about the news out of Belarus. (Thread) 1) If you're unfamiliar with what is happening in Belarus, to simplify a complex situation for Twitter parameters, the country

Good criticism of my latest piece from @returnstosender.https://twitter.com/returnstosender/status/1284983680834826240 There were important successes in advancing Jewish civil rights in the Soviet Union relative to their treatment in the Ru

Boguslav is a city in Ukraine, but the Jewish gravestones paving its streets are hardly unique to this city. Your friendly reminder when Jews say European civilization was built with

Yesterday on a @jdforward panel we talked about low membership at shuls among millenials and how we still think about institutional engagement in ways that made sense in earlier generations

The @jdforward convened a group of Jewish thinkers and asked how COVID is changing and will change the American Jewish world. Here are their replies.https://forward.com/tag/after-corona/ Dr. @jeffreyherbst, President of American