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Anna Rahmanan, a writer and editor in New York, is founder of the site Pretty Kosher.

“I think not a lot of bagel shops outside of New York get a lot of respect,” a first-time festival attendee told JNS. “It’s definitely impressive that they won.”
“Participating is a feeling of coming home, of going to a place that understands you fully,” Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor told JNS.
“This is a green light for capital flight,” the founder of Cardiff, told JNS.
“I see my role as the conductor in an orchestra,” Cassen told JNS. “Each instrumental section has its own score, but what I can do is improve coordination.”
“When the final numbers are in, we expect record Jewish voter turnout,” Sydney Altfield, of Teach Coalition, told JNS.
Since Oct. 7, “there’s much greater interest in how scholars function and the internal debates that go on in academia,” the Center for Jewish History president told JNS.
“There was a tremendous amount of joy and emotional release, but also a palpable sense of loss,” Rabbi Ari Hart, of Skokie, Ill., told JNS.
“This is exactly what the Jewish community needs right now,” Lisa Brenner told JNS of her new film “One Big Happy Family.” “We need something to make us feel good about ourselves.”