Mourning a Jewish queer icon • An Israeli architect’s brilliance, and tragedy • Why the Kent State shooting still matters to Jews

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Mourning a Jewish queer icon • An Israeli architect’s brilliance, and tragedy • Why the Kent State shooting still matters to Jews

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