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High Holiday Reflections on the State of American Jews

“I never would have imagined the splinters inside of the Jewish community,” said Rabbi Elan Babchuck, whose work includes research on polarization.

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“It is not surprising that the younger generations are pushing back on what they might have perceived as a monolithic ideal about the state of Israel,” Rabbi Elan Babchuck said.
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Charlie Kirk’s Christian Supporters Mourn Him as a Martyr

“Charlie died for what he believed in,” said Jackson Lahmeyer, a pastor in Oklahoma.

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Charlie Kirk at a Turning Point USA event in West Palm Beach, Fla., last year. He was shot to death on Wednesday in Utah.
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New Summer Camp Safety Laws Follow Texas’ Tragic Floods

The families of “Heaven’s 27,” the children and counselors lost at Camp Mystic, pressed the Legislature to toughen flood rules over the objections of some Hill Country camp operators.

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Gov. Greg Abbott discussing the new law, which includes a requirement for youth camps to move existing cabins away from dangerous floodplains.
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