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Women and children carry Torah scrolls from an old synagogue building to a new building in Nabagoye, Uganda. (Photo/Courtesy Be’chol Lashon)
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‘Who gets to define Judaism?’ Israel rejects Ugandan Jew’s application for citizenship again

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 16, 2021December 16, 2021
Charlotte Seeleman Shlenker (1838-1920), the author's great-great-grandmother, was the daughter of Magdalena Gugenheim Seeleman, who showed up in the 1860 Louisiana slave census (left) as having owned a 29-year-old woman. Charlotte's husband, Isaac, offered a "girl" for sale in an advertisement dated April 10, 1861. (Photos/JTA-Courtesy Barry Block)
Posted inUncategorized

My Jewish ancestors owned slaves. Here’s what I’m doing about it.

Rabbi Barry H. Block by Rabbi Barry H. Block and JTA December 13, 2021December 13, 2021
Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick ... BOOM!"
Posted inCulture

Steven Spielberg, Tracee Ellis Ross among Jewish Golden Globes nominees for 2022

by Emily Burack and JTA December 13, 2021
A member of the Women of the Wall clutches a Torah scroll cover as she is surrounded by Israeli security forces holding back protesters at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Nov. 5, 2021. (Photo/RNS-AP-Maya Alleruzzo)
Posted inNews

Ceding to religious right, Israeli leaders table plan for egalitarian prayer space at Western Wall

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 13, 2021
President Donald Trump talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near the Oval Office of the White House, Jan 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jabin Botsford-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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‘F— him’: Trump slammed Netanyahu in interview and said the Israeli prime minister ‘did not want to make peace’

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 10, 2021
Ariana DeBose as Anita and David Alvarez as Bernardo in the 2021 version of "West Side Story." (Photo/JTA-Niko Tavernise-20th Century Studios)
Posted inCulture

Jews were the creative forces behind ‘West Side Story’ decades ago and today. Should they be?

by Jordyn Haime and JTA December 10, 2021
Visitors walk by the logos for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, Dec. 7, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Frayer-Getty Images)
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While US officials plan to boycott Beijing Olympics, Israeli officials expected to attend

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 9, 2021
Nachman Shai, Israel’s minister of diaspora affairs (center) takes part in a panel discussion at Manhattan's Stephen Wise Free Synagogue with Elliot Cosgrove, senior rabbi at Park Avenue Synagogue (left), and Lori Koffman, director of content and innovation at Park Avenue Synagogue, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Twitter)
Posted inU.S.

In New York, Israeli minister promises progress on Western Wall’s non-Orthodox prayer space

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 9, 2021
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a meeting with Sen. Joni Ernst on Capitol Hill, Oct. 1, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Erin Scott-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
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Conservative justices grill Maine on policy denying tuition for religious schools

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 8, 2021December 8, 2021
In a recent episode of the 11th season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Larry David feels obligated to clean a Klansman's robe. (Photo/John P. Johnson-HBO)
Posted inOpinion

Larry David has never been more Jewish than in this season’s ‘Curb’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA December 8, 2021December 8, 2021

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