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For Jews, pandemic-era online worship has an enduring upside

By Yonat Shimron — August 31, 2023
(RNS) — The embrace of videoconferencing and livestreaming is actually helping Jews engage more fully with their faith.

The coronavirus is upending thousands of years of Jewish tradition

By Yonat Shimron — March 20, 2020
(RNS) — It presents particular challenges to Orthodox Jews, especially on Shabbat, a time when many refrain from using any electronic devices.

Ravaged by age, shrunk by immigration, India’s remaining Jews hang on

By Briana Trujillo — August 7, 2019
KOCHI, India (RNS) — The last Jew of childbearing age moved to Israel just months ago, leaving behind a small community of about two dozen elderly people beset daily by tourists.

COMMENTARY: Have corporations become modern-day golems?

By Jack Moline — July 22, 2014
(RNS) The rhetorical devices that ascribe the characteristics of a citizen to the legal fiction called a “corporation” are the mud and magic that produce a golem.
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