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Gabriela Geselowitz and Michael Spitzer Rubenstein met several friends through Shir HaMaalot. (Courtesy of Spitzer-Rubenstein)
Michelle Reyf isn’t really a synagogue-goer. Until recently, the 28-year-old, who works for a Jewish nonprofit, was perfectly happy to get her spiritual fulfillment at Buddhist prayer services and meditation retreats.
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A young girl waiting in line to pass through a border gate as a small number of Syrian refugees are allowed to return to Syria at the closed Turkish border gate in Killis, Feb. 8, 2016. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
The observances we have on Tisha b’Av, people think of as mourning customs.
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Repair the World volunteers assisting with food preparation at Masbia Soup Kitchen in Brooklyn. (Alli Lesovoy)
“All of these Jewish organizations they keep talking about how it’s so difficult to reach our generation, and I think the real answer is you have to reach them where they are and they gotta change the tune of the song they’re singing if they really want to hit people.”
Read MoreMeor, which launched in 2005, is active on 21 colleges and universities across the country, offering paid classes on Judaism, trips to Israel and other programming.
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Top left, clockwise, Emmy Awards nominees Carrie Fisher, Vanessa Bayer, Mandy Patinkin and Tracee Ellis Ross (Getty Images)
The awards for TV excellence will be presented Sept. 8 on CBS.
Read MoreFuterfas joins a team of Jewish lawyers who have worked for the Trump family, including Jason Greenblatt, David Friedman, and Marc Kasowit.
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Jeanette Chawki, far right, teaches League of Kitchens workshop participants how to cook Lebanese food. (Josefin Dolsten)
Lisa Gross, who founded the League of Kitchens in 2014, said providing ways for people to interact with immigrants has taken on an added significance following the election of Donald Trump.
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Rep. Jared Polis, seen at the U.S. Capitol in May 2016, will be Colorado’s first openly gay person elected as governor. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)
If Jared Polis wins, the 42-year-old would make history in more ways than one — by becoming both the first Jewish governor in Colorado and its first openly gay person to serve in the post.
Read MoreAround half of Eldelala’s still-small user base indicates that they would be willing to relocate for love.
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President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands during a visit to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)
The President’s trip produced plenty of awkward moments involving Trump and his administration — there were some unfortunate typos, a failed attempt at holding the first lady’s hand (which went viral) and two geographic flubs.
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Jewish American Heritage Month is celebrated every year in May. (Top left, clockwise, Obama photo: Aude Guerrucci/Pool/Getty Images; Wasserman Schultz photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images; Calendar photo: Dafne Cholet/Flickr, CC BY 2.0; Menorah photo: National Museum of American Jewish History; Trump photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images, Museum photo: Jeff Goldberg/Esto)
JAHM’s website lists 17 events this month, including a poetry reading and an event about Jews and jazz.
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