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The Marked Collar

Monique Dietvorst

Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel – Part XIII

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Selective Outrage Epidemic

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Overcoming terrifying obstacles: A parable from the Baal Shem Tov

Ariel Galian

Let’s not slip from surge to slumber

Jay Tcath

Are We Against Something… or For Something?

David Sable

Lather, Rinse, Repeat

Harry Katcher

Ending an Unfinished Task in Middle East Security

Fred Saberi

Toldot, a Tale as Old as Time (thanks to @Disney)

Karen Reiss Medwed

So 51% of non-Orthodox rabbinical students identified as LGBTQ

Allen S. Maller

Kais Saïed’s Mask: Tunisia’s Shift from Democratic Hope to Judicial Farce

Amine Ayoub

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Matthew Robin

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Sheldon Kirshner

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Lazer Gurkow

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Sabine Sterk

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Yael Chaya Miriam Gray

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Ron Kronish

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Stephen Berer

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Magnus Torén

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Richard Diamond

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Sarah Tuttle-Singer

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Sabine Sterk

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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

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Talyah Ginsberg

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Shannon Cummings

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Gilles Touboul

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Victor Satya

When the university is hopeless and stupid, what is left?

Goldie Warshawsky Klugman

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Ab Boskany

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Junaid Qaiser

Where Missiles Fall, Science Sprouts: The Story of a Promising Discovery

Julian Schvindlerman

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Shlomo Pereira

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Pinny Arnon

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