Authorities have closed schools in some ultra-Orthodox areas of New York. The reasons for apparent noncompliance with public health guidelines are complicated, explains a cultural anthropologist.
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The former justice received a Jewish funeral at the Supreme Court. But in other ways, Ginsburg's burial is breaking with traditional Jewish death rituals.
To afford sufficient protection to marginalised people in society - such as women in minority religious communities - the state must recognise and regulate religious marriages in a nuanced way.
Giving small gifts to children has become common around the world, though nowhere has Hanukkah reached the level of commercialisation that it has in the US.
Dirty Dancing's dance sequences are stand-alone properties, famous in their own right. But when they're considered in isolation, the film's messy class, race and gender politics are sidelined.
Israel's increasingly conservative policies on social and religious issues appears to be playing a role.
As Israel approaches the 70th anniversary of its establishment, many older American Jews will be celebrating. Many younger ones will wonder whether the Jewish state is something to celebrate at all.
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Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Newcastle
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Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre, Sessional Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology
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Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor in Law, University of Cape Town
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Visiting Scholar, Adjunct assistant faculty, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Global Studies, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Rebecca Forgasz is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
