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At a ‘Sinners’ Shabbat’ in Brooklyn, the faithful gather for fire massages and human sushi platters

By Lauren Hakimi

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Yiddish Word of the Day

Learning
Yiddish has many words and expressions related to education, including a wise proverb about young people teaching the old.

Opinion

Trump should talk to anyone, anywhere, if it can save our hostages

By Noam Tibon

Opinion

A Pentagon official spewed antisemitism. Her words about child victims of Oct. 7 are even more hateful

By Carly Pildis

 

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