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Women’s Prayer Book Finds New LifeIt was just before Rosh Hashanah when poet Dinah Berland, estranged from her son for 11 years, stumbled upon a book of women’s prayers that she believes led to her reconciliation with him.…Read more

The Bathhouse BeckonsThere is little downtime for a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, especially one who is married to another dancer and has a toddler at home.…Read more

‘Intelligent Design’ Battles Rage OnAdvocates of teaching Intelligent Design in public schools suffered a major loss last month, when a judge in Dover, Pa., struck down a proposed curriculum based on the concept. But this was not the last word on the subject. In fact, battles over Intelligent Design continue to rage, with fronts spreading across America.Parents in Lebec, Calif., a…Read more

Holocaust Curriculum Shines Spotlight on ResistanceNew Jersey mandated Holocaust education in its public schools more than a decade ago. But until now, something has been missing.The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education recommended last summer that teachers add a new subject to the standard curriculum about the Shoah: Jewish partisan fighters. Although individual teachers may have broached…Read more

Day School in N.Y. ‘Adopts’ Gaza’s Displaced StudentsIt started as a simple letter-writing campaign: The students at an Orthodox boys’ school in Monsey, N.Y., sent notes expressing their sympathy to kids their age who were forced to move last summer when Israel evacuated settlements in Gaza and parts of the West Bank.But then the project grew, and soon Yeshiva Darchei…Read more