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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

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Bride Esther and groom Steeve are carried on ornate thrones at their henna party in the week leading up to their wedding in 2007 in Casablanca, Morocco. (Courtesy of Indiana University Press)
February 14, 2024, 4:23 pm
Global mazel tov! New book chronicles weddings of 100 Jewish brides from around world
Women’s firsthand accounts illustrate the huge variety of customs associated with Jewish nuptials, while not shying away from pain and frustration about some practices
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Aviel Zaguri, left, and his brother Meir stand outside their yeshiva in Netivot, Israel, on October 15, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
October 17, 2023, 1:27 pm
In Netivot, poverty compounds the problems of a battered border city
Thousands of the frontline city’s residents are riding out incessant Hamas artillery, citing faith, defiance — and lack of better options
By Canaan Lidor
Amitai Etzioni was a sociologist best known for his work on socioeconomics and communitarianism. (Poklekowski/ ullstein bild via Getty Images via JTA)
June 13, 2023, 3:00 pm
Israeli sociologist Amitai Etzioni, coiner of phrase ‘communitarianism,’ dies aged 94
The academic fled Nazi Germany as a child, fought for Israel’s independence, and gained acclaim in the US, where he advised presidents
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Illustrative image: a woman experiencing a hot flush from menopause (Highwaystarz-Photography via iStock by Getty Images)
December 2, 2022, 11:53 am
Gynecology research neglects women after onset of menopause — Israeli study
Sociologist argues that while the transition is a major life event for half of the population, scholarship has overlooked it, causing women to miss out on medical progress
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: Teenage girls from the Atlanta Jewish community. (Courtesy of JumpSpark)
May 9, 2022, 3:48 am
Yentl’s revenge: Young American-Jewish women outperform all others academically
Tulane University professor Ilana Horwitz’s research points to religious culture as reason for why Jewish girls surpass educational attainment of non-Jewish girls – and Jewish boys
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Steven M. Cohen served as research professor of Jewish social policy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at Stanford University. (Forward via JTA)
March 26, 2021, 8:18 am
500 Jewish clergy pan comeback attempt of academic accused of sexual misconduct
Letter follows report US sociologist Steven Cohen invited Jewish leaders to discussions on contemporary issues, which some saw as an effort to bring him back into the fold
By Shira Hanau
'Hidden Heretics' and author Ayala Fader. (Princeton University Press)
October 19, 2020, 1:59 am
Author: Ultra-Orthodox ‘Hidden Heretics’ believe in science, reject COVID rebels
In new book, Fordham professor Ayala Fader exposes a subset of the insular community few outsiders know about: a group of doubters united through a banned medium — the internet
By Rich Tenorio
Nathan Glazer (Screen capture: YouTube)
January 20, 2019, 5:40 pm
Founding US ‘neo-conservative’ intellectual Nathan Glazer dies at 95
Harvard sociologist was best known for his works ‘The Lonely Crowd’ and ‘Beyond the Melting Pot,’ which explored the core American myth of assimilation
By AP
Steven M. Cohen served as research professor of Jewish social policy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at Stanford University. (Forward via JTA)
August 22, 2018, 6:57 pm
Sociologist resigns from Hebrew Union College following sexual misconduct probe
Steven M. Cohen’s decision to step down from seminary comes after he left or was removed from other positions over allegations
By JTA
Illustration of American sociologist Steven M. Cohen (Charles Dunst/JTA)
August 5, 2018, 8:28 pm
The fall of a top US sociologist could change the field of counting Jews
As Steven M. Cohen steps away from his research due to sex harassment allegations, what impact will the absence of his work and analysis have on the Jewish world?
By Ben Sales
In 2017, there were 68,000 Jewish children living in the San Francisco Bay Area (Mattthew Septimus)
February 14, 2018, 11:14 am
Vast, young San Fran Jewish community is growing — but unaffiliated, says study
While the millennial-driven community is racially and socioeconomically more diverse than imagined, it’s also one of the least engaged
By Renee Ghert-Zand
'JewAsian' authors Helen Kim and Noah Leavitt (Matthew Zimmerman Banderas)
October 13, 2016, 3:06 am
With Jewish-Asian marriages on the rise, academic couple takes on subject close to home
Helen Kim and Noah Leavitt’s new book tackles assumptions about Jewish identities of intermarried families and their children
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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