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Inflation is expected to remain high later this year even as the economy slows and layoffs rise. Already, signs of financial stress are surfacing.

Upset parents have rallied in support of a Black Isle nursery slammed by inspectors.

Online and in-person, a new group is making the tradition of the ritual bath communal rather than personal, and more welcoming to non-cis-gendered participants

(JTA) — Last Passover, a group of 125 Jews gathered via Zoom for a community mikvah ritual. Dr. Harriette Wimms, a queer Black Jewish psychologist and kohenet (Hebrew priestess), opened

The ceremony was organized by the Queer Mikveh Project, a grassroots initiative seeking to transform the traditional mikvah practice into a communal experience.

With group mikvah gatherings over Zoom, the project is testing the waters for what the practice can be.

With non-gendered group mikvehs over Zoom, the project is testing the waters for what the practice can be.

The Jewish News of Northern California

A lot of campaign re gagalia wh are trying to make it be known this is a place that should be seen as leaning toward their candidate or is this pretty low key? >> i think its pretty low key. there are some campaign signs that you might see around the room so some of the campaign workers were here before this all got started putting the signs up. i get the sense that some of the crowd here clearly in support of one candidate or another but there seem to be a lot of folks whose body language would...

Polling we can say that ron paul, mitt romney, and rick santorum are the three candidates who are competing to win tonight in iowa. lets check back in on one of the caucus sites. some middle school which is in johnston, iowa, just outside of des moines. nbcs ron mott is there. ron, how are things going? >> hey, rachel. they have just voted to suspend any further stump speeches from the campaigns, themselves. they are now voting. theyre taking those presidential preference polls as i speak. alrea...