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Ashkenazi men can carry harmful mutations of the BRCA gene, putting them at elevated risk not only of breast cancer, but also of melanoma and prostate, ovarian and pancreatic cancer. Yet there are precautions they can take to minimize their risks. (Photo/JTA-Thomas Barwick-Getty Images)
Posted inSPONSORED CONTENT

Hereditary cancers aren’t just a women’s problem. Jewish men need to take precautions too.

by Larry Luxner and JTA December 16, 2022December 16, 2022
Power outages are commonplace across Ukraine as Russia continues to attack power stations. Here is a view of Lviv, Dec. 12, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Pavlo Palamarchuk-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

In Ukraine, Hanukkah candles are a lifeline in the midst of power outages

by Steve Lipman and JTA December 15, 2022
Target's array of Hanukkah mugs represents just a small swath of the national retailer's 2022 Hanukkah collection. (Photo/JTA-Philissa Cramer)
Posted inU.S.

The Hanukkah merch market has exploded. But are Jews feeling more represented?

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA December 13, 2022December 14, 2022
Various beer bottles by Shmaltz Brewery on display in an exhibition on "Jewish brewing stories" at the Jewish Museum in Munich, Germany, April 11, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Sven Hoppe-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

He’Brew maker Shmaltz Brewing relaunches with new owner: a rabbinical student

by Andrew Lapin and JTA December 13, 2022
a woman in a sparkly dress sings on stage
Posted inFilm

Disney+ doc traces Idina Menzel’s rise, from the bat mitzvah circuit to Broadway

by Stephen Silver and JTA December 12, 2022
Rabbi Ben Gorelick measures out a precise amount of psilocybin mushrooms during a Sacred Tribe "Sacrament ceremony" at his home in Denver, Nov. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Andy Cross-MediaNews Group-The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Denver drops drug charges against ‘mushroom rabbi’ who promotes religious psychedelic use

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA December 12, 2022
Tom Tugend in his Los Angeles home, Aug. 3, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jacob Gurvis)
Posted inU.S.

Tom Tugend, JTA correspondent and veteran of three wars, dies at 97

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis, Ron Kampeas and JTA December 8, 2022December 8, 2022
John Muhammad is sworn in to the St. Petersburg city council, Oct. 20, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Tampa Bay Times)
Posted inUncategorized

How Jewish leaders tried — and failed — to keep a Farrakhan follower off a Florida city council

by Andrew Lapin and JTA December 7, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Kevin LaMarque-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Blinken at J Street: US will judge Israeli government on its policies, not its politicians

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 5, 2022December 5, 2022
Abe Foxman at an Anti-Defamation League event at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, May 8, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Michael Kovac-WireImage-Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Abe Foxman: If Smotrich and Ben-Gvir get their way, Israel will lose me and American Jews

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 2, 2022

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