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Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, second from left, speaks to an interactive artificial intelligence video of Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter, June 2022. (Photo/Jacob Gurvis)
Posted inCalifornia

Doug Emhoff spoke to a Holocaust survivor — and his AI twin — at a cutting-edge exhibit in Los Angeles

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland), speaks alongside Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Virginia) during a meeting of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Mar. 28, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

5 Jewish questions about the Jan. 6 committee hearings, answered

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
A man walking on cracked land scorched by heat waves in Mumbai, India, May 15, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Satish Bate-Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish environmental thought is not ready for the climate crisis. But our tradition is.

David Zvi Kalman by David Zvi Kalman and JTA June 8, 2022
Sandra Razieli officiated Teva Goldstein's bat mitzvah in Maui, Dec. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Anna Kim Photography)
Posted inTravel

Mazel tov in Maui, courtesy of former East Bay tutor  

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
Chesa Boudin looks on during an election-night event as voters chose to recall him from his position as San Francisco District Attorney, June 7, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Chesa Boudin recall fight had prominent Jewish backers on both sides

by JTA and J. Staff June 8, 2022June 9, 2022
“Na la’amod" means “please stand” in Hebrew, and is a non-gendered way to announce a person about to receive Torah honors. (Design/JTA-Jackie Hajdenberg)
Posted inReligion

Non-gendered language for calling Jews to the Torah gets Conservative movement approval

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
Tom Cruise at a "Top Gun: Maverick" premier at Leicester Square in London, May 19, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Neil Mockford-FilmMagic via Getty Images)
Posted inFilm

Israeli heirs to the ‘Top Gun’ story sue Paramount for copyright infringement

by Madeline Fixler and JTA June 7, 2022
In a 2009 photo, a yoetzet halachah, or Jewish legal counselor, answers a hotline for women with questions relating to Jewish laws on sex and intimacy. (Photo/Courtesy Nishmat)
Posted inNews

In a first, Israeli government to pay Orthodox women to advise on Jewish law

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 7, 2022
Downtown Chicago, where Morningstar’s headquarters is located, became the site of pro-Palestinian protests, featuring calls to boycott Israel, during last May’s fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza. (Photo/JTA-Jacek Boczarski-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Financial firm Morningstar admits to errors on Israel in bid to quell boycott controversy

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA June 6, 2022
A streaming Shabbat service in Minnesota got explicit when a couple engaged in sexual activity during a bat mitzvah. (JTA illustration)
Posted inU.S.

Couple’s Shabbat Zoom sex stream raises eyebrows — and renews questions about online services

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 3, 2022

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