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Democratic supporters on webcams celebrate after Joe Biden formally becomes the Democratic nominee for president during the virtual Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/JTA-David Cliff-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inHigh Holidays

What synagogues streaming High Holiday services can learn from the political conventions

Steve Rabinowitz by Steve Rabinowitz and JTA August 31, 2020August 31, 2020
Joe Biden accepts the Democratic Party nomination for president during the last day of the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 20, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Douliery-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Biden campaign platform for Arab Americans reiterates opposition to BDS movement

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA August 31, 2020
Douglas Emhoff walks off stage with his wife, Sen. Kamala Harris, at the end of the last day of the Democratic National Convention, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 20, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Douliery-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Douglas Emhoff, Kamala Harris’ husband, is the Democrats’ newest Jewish star

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 30, 2020August 31, 2020
A person holds a Black Lives Matter flag during the "Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" protest against racism and police brutality, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Douliery-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

10-page summary of new Movement for Black Lives platform contains no mention of Israel, 4 years after divisive condemnation

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 28, 2020
Someone sprays graffiti reading 'Free Palestine' on the driveway of Beth Hillel Temple in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Wednesday, Aug. 26. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inNews

Kenosha rabbi on graffiti at her synagogue: ‘What’s happened these last few days is not about us’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 28, 2020
Kimberly Guilfoyle prerecords her address to the Republican National Convention at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC on August 24, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

‘Israel’ and ‘elites’: The Republican convention sends mixed messages to Jews

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 28, 2020August 28, 2020
Cornell University student Aliza Saunders shows off the supplies she got from Cornell Hillel to celebrate Shabbat on her own. (Photo/Courtesy Cornell Hillel)
Posted inU.S.

‘It’s not the same and everybody knows it’: Jewish campus life goes virtual

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA August 27, 2020August 27, 2020
In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, Rabbi Aryeh Spero addresses the virtual convention on August 26, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Rabbi Aryeh Spero, a longtime right-wing Republican, blesses RNC and President Trump

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 27, 2020
Sen. Kamala Harris waves to supporters with her husband, Douglas Emhoff, and her niece, Amara Ajagu, 2, during her presidential campaign launch rally in Oakland, Jan. 27, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mason Trinca-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Kamala Harris tells Jewish supporters aid to Israel will not be conditional in a Biden administration

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 26, 2020August 27, 2020
Mirjam Wenzel is the director of the new Jewish Museum of Frankfurt, Aug. 25, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

Frankfurt Jewish museum’s $58 million extension reclaims Anne Frank’s forgotten roots in the city

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 26, 2020August 26, 2020

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