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How To Be A Jew:  takes a look at a current, cultural topic and what it means for us as Jews, and how we react to it because we are Jews.
Alex Tansky 9/17/25 Alex Tansky 9/17/25

How To Be A Jew: takes a look at a current, cultural topic and what it means for us as Jews, and how we react to it because we are Jews.

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Re-Form: Examining the challenges and choices of America’s largest Jewish movement.
Alex Tansky 9/17/25 Alex Tansky 9/17/25

Re-Form: Examining the challenges and choices of America’s largest Jewish movement.

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How Oct 7th changed American Jews
Alex Tansky 9/17/25 Alex Tansky 9/17/25

How Oct 7th changed American Jews

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An American rabbi answers her congregants’ question:  Why do they hate us?
Time Alex Tansky 9/17/25 Time Alex Tansky 9/17/25

An American rabbi answers her congregants’ question: Why do they hate us?

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At Passover, Speak Truth About Hamas Rape
Time Alex Tansky 9/17/25 Time Alex Tansky 9/17/25

At Passover, Speak Truth About Hamas Rape

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Celebrating Hanukkah In The Face Of Antisemitism
Time Alex Tansky 1/12/24 Time Alex Tansky 1/12/24

Celebrating Hanukkah In The Face Of Antisemitism

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We Need to Talk to Teens about Antisemitism — But It Won’t Be Easy
Variety Alex Tansky 1/12/24 Variety Alex Tansky 1/12/24

We Need to Talk to Teens about Antisemitism — But It Won’t Be Easy

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We Need To Talk To Gen Z About Antisemitism
Forbes Alex Tansky 1/12/24 Forbes Alex Tansky 1/12/24

We Need To Talk To Gen Z About Antisemitism

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Time for a Reassessment Among Jewish Americans
Hadassah Magazine Alex Tansky 1/5/24 Hadassah Magazine Alex Tansky 1/5/24

Time for a Reassessment Among Jewish Americans

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All the Ways We Deny Antisemitism
Time Magazine Alex Tansky 9/5/23 Time Magazine Alex Tansky 9/5/23

All the Ways We Deny Antisemitism

Rabbi Fersko explores our cultural tendency to diminish or even deny antisemitism

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U.S. Confronts Tight but Turbulent Relationship With Israel
The New York Times Alex Tansky 7/24/23 The New York Times Alex Tansky 7/24/23

U.S. Confronts Tight but Turbulent Relationship With Israel

Rabbi Fersko comments on the proposed Israel judicial reforms

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We Need To Talk About The Way We Talk About Israel
Tablet Magazine Diana Fersko 11/16/22 Tablet Magazine Diana Fersko 11/16/22

We Need To Talk About The Way We Talk About Israel

Rabbi Fersko talks about how we talk about Israel and rising antisemitism.

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Jewish Blessings for Everyday Situations and Special Moments
Woman's Day Diana Fersko 5/11/22 Woman's Day Diana Fersko 5/11/22

Jewish Blessings for Everyday Situations and Special Moments

Rabbis and other Judaism professionals explain the concepts behind common blessings and prayers.

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The Bat Mitzvah turns 100
NPR Diana Fersko 3/21/22 NPR Diana Fersko 3/21/22

The Bat Mitzvah turns 100

NPR features The Village Temple as we celebrate this milestone.

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How the Bat Mitzvah Broke Barriers for Jewish Women
ABC News Diana Fersko 3/21/22 ABC News Diana Fersko 3/21/22

How the Bat Mitzvah Broke Barriers for Jewish Women

Rabbi Fersko comments on the 100th anniversary of Bat Mitzvah.

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When offered a lot of something or a little, always go for the latter. Rabbi Diana Fersko explains this counterintuitive bit of wisdom.
Tablet Magazine Diana Fersko 3/8/22 Tablet Magazine Diana Fersko 3/8/22

When offered a lot of something or a little, always go for the latter. Rabbi Diana Fersko explains this counterintuitive bit of wisdom.

Rabbi Diana Fersko joins us to explain this counterintuitive bit of wisdom, and how it can guide us in anything from prayer to business.

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Spiritual leaders preach hope one year into the pandemic
NBC News Jonathan Bell 4/4/21 NBC News Jonathan Bell 4/4/21

Spiritual leaders preach hope one year into the pandemic

See her interview with correspondent Harry Smith about Passover, the return of spring, and hope after the pandemic.

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Capitol Chaos: Anti-Semitic Apparel Worn During Riot Traced To Website Based In New York City
CBS New York Diana Fersko 1/11/21 CBS New York Diana Fersko 1/11/21

Capitol Chaos: Anti-Semitic Apparel Worn During Riot Traced To Website Based In New York City

There is outrage over an anti-Semitic sweatshirt worn by a man during the U.S. Capitol riot last week.

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About that Auschwitz hoodie: The lack of Holocaust education is not just an alt-right problem
New York Daily News Diana Fersko 1/9/21 New York Daily News Diana Fersko 1/9/21

About that Auschwitz hoodie: The lack of Holocaust education is not just an alt-right problem

“Substandard Holocaust education is not the problem of any single narrow group of political extremists. It’s not just the far right, it’s not just the far left; it’s most of us.”

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A New Rabbi Schleps Through the Village to Meet Her Flock
The New Yorker Diana Fersko 9/28/20 The New Yorker Diana Fersko 9/28/20

A New Rabbi Schleps Through the Village to Meet Her Flock

Shvitzing in a tallis and a leopard-print mask, Diana Fersko does her Shabbat Walk, greeting the faithful on stoops and in lobbies.

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