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Small Town American Judaism

Yehuda Kurtzer dives into small town American Jewish life with Rabbi Rachel Isaacs of Waterville, Maine, director of Colby College’s Center for Small Town Jewish Life

Michael W. Twitty prepares matzah balls with ginger and cayenne pepper for Passover, April 2022. (Johnny Shryock)

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Kreplach and Collard Greens

Yehuda Kurtzer talks with African-American Jewish writer and culinary historian Michael Twitty about his new book "Koshersoul" and its connection to belonging, identity, and food.

Fatima Mohammed acknowledges the crowd after speaking at CUNY School of Law on May 12 (Youtube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

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Free Speech and Anti-Zionism at CUNY Law

How should we respond to speech that challenges our core commitments, beliefs, and even identities?

Sandra Fox’s 2023 book 'The Jews of Summer,' looks at the history of American Jewish summer camps. (Courtesy Sandra Fox via JTA)

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Wet Hot American (Jewish) Summer

A conversation with author Sandra Fox about summer camp and its role in the formation of American Jewish identity

A woman studying Talmud at SVARA (Image: SVARA)

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A God Just Like Us

Yehuda Kurtzer and SVARA's Benay Lappe discuss Torah as the inheritance not of an elite and pious few, but of all Jews -- especially those on the margins.

Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove (Park Avenue Synogogue)

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The Case for Commandments

Park Avenue Synagogue's Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove believes that liberal Judaism needs to encourage mitzvot (commandments) within a framework of autonomous, choice-driven Judaism.