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Jews with tattoos

Walk into any Jewish space and you’re likely to find ink-wearers. Perhaps even the rabbi.

Why genetic screening should be a part of your life

What does the Jewish community do when faced with a collective problem or challenge? Well, in an ideal world, we come together in the spirit of unity to overcome whatever is in front of us. While, admittedly, we don’t always respond this way, our community did band together in the 1970s and 1980s when there was a high incidence of babies being born with Tay-Sachs disease.

Song of myself

Maybe learning something new is more difficult than learning something where you’ve already got some experience. But I imagine there’s a curve where learning becomes much more difficult again when it’s in an area where you’ve got expertise.

Building Bridges

Be interested, not interesting. That’s the motto Amanda Landesman, 20, is taking back with her to Brooklyn College after participating in Engagement Institute, organized by Hillel International.

Mentoring the Jewish future

Rabbi Ira Dounn is a born connector — one who has engaged with Jewish students from the United States to Uzbekistan.