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Nora Berman

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As seen in: Forward, Substack, Flipboard, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, NewsBreak, J. The Jewish News of Northern California, Intermountain Jewish News, St. Louis Jewish Light, Jewish Journal (Boston), Jewish Post and News
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Did crypto-Jews invent the modern tarot deck?

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Copy to clipboard Share on Facebook Share on X Share on Bluesky Share on Reddit Imagine you were a Jewish converso, secretly living in Italy or France after King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had expelled your family from Spain. You could not affix a mezuzah to your door or light Shabbat candles. If you were caught avoiding treyf, or if you were a male converso and someone discovered you were circumcised, your life and that of your family were in immediate danger.
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The rabbinic backlash against Zohran Mamdani isn’t about Mamdani at all

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The sheer number of letters by rabbis circulating about Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral campaign is “mind numbing,” a rabbi friend texted me earlier this week. There’s the public letter decrying Mamdani, the Democratic candidate, sponsored by The Jewish Majority, which as of this writing has 1,138 signatures from rabbis, cantors and rabbinical students. But two or three other letters are also making their way through her circles.
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Can an idyllic dream of Israel ever be reality? She says: 'Coexistence, My Ass'

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“I promise, I’m only staying for seven minutes, not 70 years,” Israeli comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi said at the 2019 Palestine Comedy Festival in East Jerusalem. The Palestinian crowd exploded in laughter. Shuster Eliassi doubled down. “By the way, this is Amer’s joke, I stole it.” She gestured to Amer Zahr, the festival’s founder.
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