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Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi will be the next head of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the first Black Jew to hold the top position at a rabbinical school.
Posted inReligion

For the first time, a Black Jew will lead an American rabbinical school

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 21, 2021
Naftali Bennett, left, then Israeli defense minister, looks on at then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting of right-wing parties, March 4, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Ousted Netanyahu finally says he’ll leave prime minister’s residence — in 3 weeks

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 21, 2021
The current Supreme Court, clockwise from top left: Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Elana Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, Sonya Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
Posted inNews

A Supreme Court decision allowing a Catholic foster agency to discriminate splits Jewish groups

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 18, 2021June 18, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, pictured here in 2014 giving a speech, holds his kippah to his head. (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

How Naftali Bennett’s kippah stays on his bald head and why it matters

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 17, 2021
Crimean Karaites attend services in Simferopol, Crimea, June 9, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Sergei Malgavko-TASS via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Ukraine honors Karaite Jews as ‘indigenous,’ and Putin is furious

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA June 17, 2021
flames illuminate thin mosque towers against a night sky
Posted inUncategorized, Israel

Incendiary balloons from Gaza prompt new Israeli airstrikes, days into new government

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 16, 2021
Graffiti on the wall of Manny’s café in San Francisco's Mission District, June 6, 2021. (Photo/Steven Buss)
Posted inU.S.

Three-quarters of American Jews say they’re more concerned about antisemitism following the Israel-Gaza conflict

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 14, 2021
Screenshot from SoCal Jewish News promotional video.
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New Jewish news site arrives in LA as frustration with Jewish Journal grows

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 14, 2021
American and Israeli flags during routine joint military exercises in 2009. (Photo/Flickr-Israel Defense Forces CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inU.S.

Poll: Israeli and American Jews know little about each other

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA June 14, 2021June 14, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Knesset building in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

It’s official: After 12 years, Netanyahu is out as prime minister

Ben SalesShira Hanau by Ben Sales, Shira Hanau and JTA June 14, 2021

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