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Rabbi Shimshon Izakson at a Jewish center in Chisinau. (Photo/JTA-Jewish Community of Moldova)
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A TikTok rabbi helps Jewish Ukrainian refugees feel comfortable in Moldova shelters

by Jacob Judah and JTA April 18, 2022April 18, 2022
Israeli border police patrol in front of the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, as Palestinians wait to be allowed to enter the al-Aqsa mosque compound, April 17, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ahmad Gharabli-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israeli police clash with Palestinians at Temple Mount on tense second day of Passover

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 18, 2022
Bat Sheva Marcus, the Orthodox sex therapist, is a co-founder and former board chair of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. (Screenshot via YouTube)
Posted inU.S.

Bat Sheva Marcus resigns from liberal Orthodox seminary board in wake of harassment allegations

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 18, 2022April 18, 2022
Svetlana Niselevitch receives a haggadah for Passover from a JDC staff member outside her home in Odessa, Ukraine, April 8, 2022. (Photo/JTA-JDC)
Posted inWorld

Despite danger and disruption, Ukrainian Jews prepare to celebrate Passover in public seders

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 14, 2022
an illustration of a traditional seder plate, with olives, a sunflower, an artichoke and an orange next to it
Posted inUncategorized

A sunflower for Ukraine? A tomato for farmworkers? Here’s why I’m sticking to the basics on my Passover seder plate.

Rabbi Sari Laufer by Rabbi Sari Laufer and JTA April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
Bat Sheva Marcus, the Orthodox sex therapist, is a co-founder and former board chair of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. (Screenshot via YouTube)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish feminist group in turmoil after Orthodox sex guru Bat Sheva Marcus, a founder, is accused of harassment

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 14, 2022April 18, 2022
Akivah Artamonov clasps his prayer kit while having coffee at the Jewish refugee camp in Irshava, Ukraine, April 5, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

Refugees with jacuzzis: The surreal life of 200 Jews at a 4-star resort in wartime Ukraine

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 12, 2022April 12, 2022
Opponents of Hebrew Union College's restructuring plan hold a "Rally for our Rabbis" on the school's Cincinnati campus, April 7, 2022. The school board voted April 11 to approve the plan. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Lew Ebstein)
Posted inU.S.

Hebrew Union College to end Cincinnati rabbinical program after board backs controversial plan

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 12, 2022
Clockwise from the top: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum (JTA-Erik McGregor-LightRocket via Getty Images), Rabbi Jill Jacobs (JTA-Courtesy Jill Jacobs), Rabbi Angela Buchdahl (JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images). Background: Demonstrators gather at the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem with flags of Israel during the controversial Flag March, organized by Israeli right-wing nationalists on June 15, 2021. (JTA-Ilia Yefimovich-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Rebuffed privately, influential rabbis go public with plea to cut off American Jewish funding of Israeli extremists

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
Under heavy Israeli army security, Orthodox Jews pray at Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus, Apr. 3, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Gershon Elinson-FLASH90)
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2 Jews shot and wounded while trying to visit Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 11, 2022April 11, 2022

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