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Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man in 2011. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inReligion

Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man of Berkeley, leader in Jewish meditation who met with the Dalai Lama, dies at 89

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 5, 2023May 5, 2023
Activists with the Jewish climate change group Dayenu at a New York City event in April 2021. (Photo/JTA-Gili Getz)
Posted inNews

Jewish institutions awaken to climate crisis, with hundreds pledging action

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA May 4, 2023
Rabbi Michael Wolk stands in his rabbi-character costume outside the production trailers for "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," which filmed in his synagogue, Temple Israel of Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photos/Courtesy Michael Wolk, Louis Davidson)
Posted inFilm

Meet the real-life rabbi in the synagogue scene of ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 4, 2023
Hadar's flagship program is its beit midrash in New York City. (Photo/Courtesy Hadar Institute)
Posted inCalifornia

Hadar to open California outpost, bringing its brand of Jewish learning to the West Coast

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 4, 2023May 7, 2023
Jeremy Gordin offers a toast in an undated family photo. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Gordin family)
Posted inObituaries

South African journalist Jeremy Gordin, former J. staffer, murdered in home burglary at 70

by Marcel Gascón Barberá and JTA May 3, 2023
Aleeza (left) and Ori in "Jewish Matchmaking." (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Jewish Matchmaking,’ diverse Jews experience Orthodox dating practices

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 3, 2023
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 1, 2023. (Photo/Amos Ben-Gershom-Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inNews

Shaming Biden and slashing budgets: Republicans and Democrats accuse each other of dissing Israel

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 3, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks while Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker, looks on in the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 1, 2023. (Photo/Amos Ben-Gershom, Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inNews

Speaking to Israel’s Knesset, Kevin McCarthy demurs on judicial overhaul and warns against China

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 2, 2023
Micaela Diamond and Ben Platt during the opening night curtain call for "Parade" at New York City Center, Nov. 1, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Bruce Glikas-WireImage-GettyImages)
Posted inTheater

‘Parade’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ each nab 6 Tony nominations in a big year for Jewish Broadway

by Andrew Lapin and JTA May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
Torsten Ove (left) of the Pittsburgh Union Progress and Adam Reinherz of the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle confer on the first day of jury selection for the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre trial, April 24, 2023. (Photo/Toby Tabachnick)
Posted inU.S.

In an unusual alliance, Jewish media and striking journalists are uniting to cover the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 1, 2023May 1, 2023

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