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Jews pray for forgiveness at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem a day before the Jewish New Year, Sept. 5, 2021 (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inWorld

World Jewish population rises slightly to 15.2 million, according to Jewish Agency

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 9, 2021September 9, 2021
Birthright Israel participants at the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve in Israel. (Photo/Melanie Fidler-Flash90)
Posted inNews

After summer trips canceled, Birthright back in fall for the vaxxed

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA September 8, 2021
The Luzzatto High Holiday Machzor contains many of the same prayers that Jews recite today, including the Kaddish. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Sotheby's)
Posted inReligion

This 700-year-old Rosh Hashanah prayerbook is going on auction for $4 million

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA September 5, 2021
Ezra Furman performs at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, Nov. 14, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Robin Little-Redferns-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Ezra Furman is a mother, a queer role model, a Shabbat-observant indie rocker — and, now, a rabbinical student

by Ella Rockart and JTA September 3, 2021April 4, 2022
Ali Soufan, seen in 2018, had monitored al-Qaida for the FBI both before the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 and afterward. (Photo/JTA-Tommaso Boddi-Getty Images for Hulu)
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After 9/11, the U.S. helped thwart a major al-Qaeda attack in Israel, ex-FBI agent says

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 3, 2021September 3, 2021
A protester holds a yellow star reading "Not Vaccinated = Jew" as protesters take part in a demonstration in Milan, Italy, July 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Miguel Medina-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

An anti-vaxxer in Montreal said he would stop wearing a yellow star. He still thinks vaccine mandates are like the Holocaust.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA September 2, 2021
(From left) Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Diego Schwartzman and Eugenia De Martino at the U.S. Open in New York. (Photo/JTA via @eugedemartino on Instagram)
Posted inSports

At the US Open, Diego Schwartzman wins during a flood storm — then meets his fan Ben Stiller

by Emily Burack and JTA September 2, 2021September 2, 2021
Masked congregants at Congregation Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service on June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inOpinion

Rabbis are struggling to protect Jews’ physical and spiritual health. They deserve support, not shame.

Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein by Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein and JTA September 1, 2021
A view of the destroyed Karnofsky family building where Louis Armstrong was a regular guest in New Orleans, Louisiana on Aug. 31, 2021. (Photo/Crescent City Jewish News-Alan Smason)
Posted inU.S.

Scattered by Hurricane Ida, the Jews of New Orleans prepare for High Holidays

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA September 1, 2021
Hundreds march through Chinatown en route to the State House during a Stop Asian Hate Boston rally, March 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Erin Clark-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

FBI reports drop in number of antisemitic crimes in 2020 amid rise in total hate crimes

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA September 1, 2021

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