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Bill Aron, photographer of Jewish countercultures, gets his due in a sweeping retrospective

February 9, 2026February 9, 2026Jesse Orine

I was late to the havurah movement — the egalitarian, counterculture congregations that blended grassroots spirituality, social activism and skepticism about mainstream synagogues and the Jewish establishment. By the time we joined Farbrengen in Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s, the founders of the movement were sprouting gray hairs and more than a few were […]

At campus symposium, Jewish panelists push back as billionaire Bill Ackman defends Trump’s feud with Harvard

May 19, 2025May 20, 2025Sara Wood

In the days before hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman was to speak at Sunday’s conference on “Jews and Elite Universities” at New York’s Center for Jewish History, some 60 scholars signed a letter objecting that the vocal critic of Harvard’s handling of antisemitism allegations had no place speaking in such a setting. The signers, either […]