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In the decades leading up to the revolution, Cuba was home to a diverse and flourishing Jewish community with everything needed to live a full Jewish life.
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Tracing the origins of a subtle liturgical divide.
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Many of the “facts of history” that are commonly accepted today are really quite questionable.
By Tzvi Freeman
He Called Me 10 Minutes Before He Died
I lost my husband of less than two years in the Meron Lag BaOmer tragedy. I returned home 48 hours later – having left my other half and so many shattered pieces of myself in that spot.
By Shira Bergman
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