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July 2020

a smartphone, two tablets and laptop on a table, all on the Jewish Week website
Posted inU.S.

New York Jewish Week is putting print edition on hiatus

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA July 7, 2020July 7, 2020
a boy in a talit reads from the Torah while a man in a talit stands next to him
Posted inMixed & Matched

Can we raise our child Jewish without a hard commitment?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler July 7, 2020
Volunteers with a program now called Meet a Jew talk with non-Jewish students at a school in Frankfurt, Nov. 5, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Frank Rumpenhorst-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

After World War II, there were 100 Jews left in Frankfurt, Germany. Today the community has a potent voice.

headshot of Joe Baur by Joe Baur and JTA July 7, 2020July 8, 2020
three people in head-to-toe protective equipment work in a medical lab
Posted inNews

Israel thought it had crushed Covid-19. Then cases surged — and restrictions were reinstated.

by Sam Sokol and JTA July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
A woman walks with her child in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, April 26, 2020. (Photo/JTA-David Vaaknin for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I’m an Israeli settler. American Jews are debating my future, but here’s what they don’t understand.

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski by Rabbi Uri Pilichowski July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
Tomato, Nectarine and Mozzarella Salad with Balsamic Cherries. (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Cherries are a cheery choice for summer blintzes (and salad, if you’re into that)

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer July 6, 2020July 7, 2020
black and white image of a bearded man and long-haired woman talking to each other, with two other women and an ox cart in the background
Posted inCulture

S.F. Jewish Film Festival revs up at the drive-in (and on your couch)

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
President Trump looms behind Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio, Florida and Michigan. ("I Voted" stickers photo by Shana Novak via Getty Images; Montage by Laura E. Adkins for JTA)
Posted inThe Tell

How and where Democrats and Republicans are trying to woo Jewish swing voters

by Ron Kampeas and JTA July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
a large room with four men in it praying very far apart
Posted inNews

‘No singing, no Kiddush, no nothing’: Chabads first to reopen for prayer services during pandemic

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 6, 2020
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Posted inObituaries

Deaths for the week of July 5-11, 2020

by J. Staff July 6, 2020July 8, 2020

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