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From "Giraffada," one of the Palestinian films newly available on Netflix.
Posted inTV & Film

On Netflix and elsewhere, new collections of Palestinian and Israeli films are now available for streaming

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 19, 2021October 20, 2021
US Secretary of State Colin Powell (left) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem on February 25, 2001. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-Pool photo)
Posted inObituaries

Colin Powell, who brokered the Middle East ‘road map’ to peace, dies at 84

by Ron Kampeas and JTA October 18, 2021October 20, 2021
The Texas State Capitol rotunda. Teachers in a Texas school district wondered whether "Number the Stars," a Holocaust novel, would require an "opposing" perspective under the terms of a new education law there. (Photo/JTA-Tamir Kalifa-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Texas official to teachers: State law requires teaching ‘opposing’ views on the Holocaust

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA October 15, 2021October 18, 2021
Sarah Podemski in "Reservation Dogs." (Photo/JTA-Shane Brown-FX)
Posted inTV & Film

For Jewish Indigenous actress Sarah Podemski, it’s a miracle just to exist

by Evelyn Frick and JTA October 14, 2021October 15, 2021
From left, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan take part in a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, Oct. 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Harnik-Pool-AFP-via Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Why a seemingly minor word choice appeased Yair Lapid on D.C. visit

by Ron Kampeas and JTA October 14, 2021
Visitors look at items well-wishers left behind along the fence at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the first anniversary of the shooting attack on the synagogue, Oct. 27, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Swensen-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Three years after Tree of Life shooting, Pittsburgh is hosting a major global summit on eradicating hate

by David Rullo and JTA October 13, 2021October 14, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Plume Creative-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

The ‘Jewface’ debate about casting non-Jews as Jews betrays an Ashkenazi bias

MaNishtana by MaNishtana and JTA October 13, 2021
Eddie Jaku shows the concentration camp number tattoo on his left arm, July 2, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Louise Kennerley-The Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Holocaust survivor who called himself ‘The Happiest Man on Earth’ dies at 101

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 13, 2021
Sally Rooney speaks onstage during a conference in Pasadena on Jan. 17, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Erik Voake-Getty Images for Hulu)
Posted inCulture

Sally Rooney: Israeli publishers can’t put out my new book for now, but Hebrew translation ‘would be an honour’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 12, 2021October 12, 2021
A picture shows the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli, Sept. 28, 2011. (Photo/JTA-Joseph Eid-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Libya’s Jewish cemeteries were destroyed. They are being rebuilt online.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 12, 2021

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