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Ilan Ramon

The first Israeli astronaut.

Ask the Expert: Become a Jew With a Tattoo

How do past actions influence a conversion?

A Wandering People

Today's global migrants, like our peripatetic forebears, are suspended in the precarious place between a difficult past and a hopeful future.

Haftarah for Bamidbar

Though betrayed by Israel's unfaithfulness, God will reconcile with the people like a husband who cannot stop loving his wife.

Jon Stewart Highlights

His best Jewish jokes.

The Maryland Constitution and the “Jew Bill”

When only Christians were allowed to hold state office in Maryland.

George Washington’s Letter to Newport

Washington promises no sanction to bigotry, and no assistance to persecution.

The Jewish “Gentile” Governor of Utah

Simon Bamberger was the first non-Mormon governor in a state where even Jews are "gentiles."

The Massena Blood Libel

The "Blood Libel" accusation has been around for centuries, and it arose once again in Massena, New York, in 1928.

Louis “Lepke” Buchalter

Unlike more famous Jewish mobsters like Meyer Lansky, this notorious Brooklyn mafioso was put to death — and then almost forgotten.

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