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A ceremony at Spain's Royal Palace in Madrid marked the passing of a law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews, Nov. 30, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Juan Naharro Gimenez-WireImage-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Spain is suddenly turning down many Jews who apply for citizenship. Why?

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano and JTA August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
Torrance police chief Jeremiah Hart addresses a press conference in Torrance, California on Aug. 20, 2021. (Screenshot/JTA-CBS2)
Posted inCalifornia

Two former L.A.-area police officers charged with vandalism for swastika spray-painted inside impounded car

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 23, 2021August 23, 2021
A synagogue-goer packs up his tallit, or prayer shawl, after services in Vienna, Austria, in July 2021. (Photo/JTA-Adam Berry-Getty Images)
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Is it safe to attend Rosh Hashanah services? Should kids? Your Covid-19 High Holiday questions, answered.

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 23, 2021
a white man with short salt-and-pepper hair
Posted inUncategorized

Israel will now let gay men donate blood

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 23, 2021
Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Denver, where Shmuel Silverberg, 18, was shot and killed. (Screenshot/JTA)
Posted inU.S.

What we know about the fatal shooting of a yeshiva student in Denver

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 19, 2021August 19, 2021
Zebulon Simantov reads a prayer book before celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2009. (Photo/JTA-Paula Bronstein-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

What we know about Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew — he still won’t leave the country (or divorce his wife)

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 19, 2021
A fire in Napa County as seen from Middletown in Lake County, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/Jade May)
Posted inReligion

Rabbis are supposed to offer hope on the High Holidays. What if I can’t?

Rabbi Rachel Barenblat by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and JTA August 18, 2021
USY members celebrate at the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism's 2015 convention. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Langdal)
Posted inU.S.

Conservative movement to launch investigation of sexual abuse allegations at youth program

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA August 18, 2021August 18, 2021
Afghans crowd at the tarmac of the Kabul airport on Aug. 16, 2021, in an effort to flee the country as the Taliban retook control after 20 years. (Photo/JTA-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Jewish humanitarian groups step in, or try to, as crises unfold in Haiti and Afghanistan

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 16, 2021
Rabbi Levi Duchman talks with Sulaiman Qasim Al-Hammadi at a symbolic Passover ceremony at a hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 26, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Andrea DiCenzo-Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

The Abraham Accords just turned 1. Here’s how each of the agreements are holding up.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 16, 2021

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