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Lior Gross, a student at the University of Colorado Boulder, created a Hebrew grammar that lets speakers avoid identifying as male or female. (Patrick Campbell)
For nonbinary Jews, including some transgender people, speaking Hebrew — or praying or participating in services — can be fraught.
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A police officer stands guard outside Temple Sinai in Pittsburgh, Nov. 2, 2018. The synagogue is a half mile away from the Tree of Life Congregation, which was attacked by a lone gunman less than a week earlier. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
“This doesn’t make me happy. It doesn’t warm your heart. We still try and maintain its openness, but what happened in Pittsburgh can happen anywhere.”
Read MoreA poll conducted by GBA Strategies found that 76 percent of Jewish voters voted for Democrats, while 19 percent voted for Republicans
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Kim Schrier was one of several Jewish candidates targeted by ads picturing them holding wads of cash. (Kim Schrier for Congress)
The attacks — mostly involving pictures of Jewish candidates clutching money — were denounced and debated. But were they effective?
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J.B. Pritzker shown Oct. 1, 2018 at an event in Chicago. He will be the next governor of Illinois. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
Democrats are hoping to gain a majority in the House of Representatives, and possibly the Senate, by time the night ends.
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Protesters demonstrate against President Donald Trump near the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh as he is set to visit the area where 11 worshippers were killed, Oct. 30, 2018. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Do American Jews agree on anything anymore?
Read MoreWe have met the enemy, and it is ice cream.
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HIAS was among the organizers of a rally in front of the White House to call for refugee protections on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2017. (HIAS)
“It’s not going to affect our mission one iota,” HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield told JTA Oct. 28, regarding the shooting. “If anything, it’s reinforced the need for the Jewish community to be a welcoming community.”
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Despite the ubiquitous nature of danger, we can never let ourselves be intimidated by life’s unanticipated moments and hide in our rooms, writes Michael Olesker. (File photo)
Now, at long last, there is high-speed rail to Israel’s capital — except it doesn’t leave from or arrive in Tel Aviv.
Read MoreThe Conservative movement’s rabbinical association will allow its rabbis to attend intermarriages.
Read MoreOfficials at a New York Jewish day school knew of allegations against an administrator who abused at least a dozen of the school’s students, according to an investigation.
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