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Author and Rabbi Harold Kushner is pictured with his best-selling book, "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," in 2001. (Photo/JTA-Ron Bull-Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer, Ben Harris and JTA May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Right-wing Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Arie Leib Abrams-Flash90)
Posted inNews

‘We will not give up’ on judicial changes, right-wing protesters at Israel’s largest pro-reform rally are told

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 28, 2023
A protester demonstrates at the 2023 Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly in Tel Aviv as a conference attendee walks past. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of JFNA-A.G.)
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How Israel’s political crisis took center stage at a major American Jewish conference

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 27, 2023May 15, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a Jerusalem Post conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem on April 27, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
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Visiting Jerusalem, Ron DeSantis tries out his Jewish stump speech

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 27, 2023
Singer and actor Harry Belafonte in a recording studio, circa 1957. (Photo/JTA-Hulton Archive-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Harry Belafonte, singer and civil rights activist who popularized ‘Hava Nagila’ in the US, dies at 96

by Lisa Keys and JTA April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
A Tel Aviv protest at the start of Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel's Independence Day, featured a sea of flags, April 25, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
Posted inNews

On Israel’s 75th Independence Day, its flag has taken on new meaning as a protest symbol

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
Kevin Janssens as Noah in "Rough Diamonds." (Photo/Netflix-Nyk Dekeyser)
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Netflix’s ‘Rough Diamonds’ brings viewers into the drama of Antwerp’s Orthodox diamond district

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 25, 2023
A man holds an Israeli flag with signatures from the Israeli Declaration of Independence during a silent protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror, in Mount Herzl military cemetery, Jerusalem, April 25, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Erik Marmor-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Tensions mark Memorial Day ceremonies in Israel as Netanyahu urges unity

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 25, 2023April 26, 2023
The Tree of Life synagogue is surrounded by a chain link fence draped with paintings from schools around the country, in Pittsburgh, April 21, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
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As trial begins in Tree of Life massacre, Pittsburgh’s Jews struggle with what to reveal and what to conceal

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 24, 2023
Anti-government protesters carrying Israeli flags lined the path between the Tel Aviv train station and the convention center where the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly was taking place, April 23, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
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At an American Jewish conference in Tel Aviv, protesters are driving the energy

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 24, 2023

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