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Left: Al Jaffee speaks during an event at New York Comic Con, Oct. 6, 2017 in New York City. (Photo/JTA-Bryan Bedder-Getty Images for Mad Magazine) Right: The cover of "Fold This Book," a 1997 collection of Jaffee's work.
Posted inObituaries

Al Jaffee, iconic Mad Magazine cartoonist who also inked Chabad comic, dies at 102

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA April 11, 2023April 11, 2023
(Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel; Photo/JTA-Erik Marmor-Flash90)
Posted inAnalysis

‘Two Israels’: What’s really behind the judicial reform protests

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA April 10, 2023April 19, 2023
Efrat residents standing outside their homes with Israeli flags to show solidarity with the Dee family, following the death of Lucy Dee, who died of her wounds three days after the deadly terror attack that killed her two daughters, April 10, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Gershon Elinson-Flash90)
Posted inNews

The mother of two sisters killed in terror attack dies of her wounds

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 10, 2023
Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow correspondent at the Wall Street Journal, has been arrested in Russia and charged with espionage. His colleague Shayndi Raice is calling on Jews to place an empty seat at their seder table as a gesture of support. (Photo/JTA-Dimitar Dilkoff-AFP via Getty Images; #FreeEvan image via Twitter)
Posted inNews

A new symbol at some Passover seders: an empty seat for Evan Gershkovich, Jewish journalist jailed in Russia

by David I. Klein and JTA April 7, 2023
Guests at a seder in Kyiv, Ukraine, including many families from heavily damaged Kharkiv, sit around the seder table on the first night of Passover, April 5, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Marcel Gascon Barbera)
Posted inWorld

Embodying a story of trauma and liberation, Ukrainian Jews celebrate Passover amid a new normal

by Marcel Gascón Barberá and JTA April 5, 2023April 5, 2023
Nikki Fried, Florida's agriculture commissioner, seen during the 2022 Florida gubernatorial Democratic primary. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Jewish chair of Florida’s Democratic Party arrested at abortion rights protest

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 4, 2023
Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi provided the illustrations in “For Our Freedom.” (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Project Kesher)
Posted inReligion

The first Passover haggadah in Ukrainian marks a community’s break with Russia

by David I. Klein and JTA March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
Palo Alto-born Joc Pederson batting for the San Francisco Giants in 2022. (Photo/JTA-Jim McIsaac-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

All the Jewish MLB players to watch in 2023

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA March 30, 2023
Agatha Christie in 1964. (Photo/Joop van Bilsen-Anefo-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBooks

Agatha Christie novels edited to remove offensive references to Jews

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA March 29, 2023March 29, 2023
Panelists speak at the Summit of European Jewish Leaders in Berlin. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy JDC)
Posted inNews

Israeli political turmoil spills over into Berlin at summit of European Jewish leaders

by David I. Klein, Toby Axelrod and JTA March 29, 2023

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