Articles from Laura E. Adkins

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Nissim Black: "I usually daven with an early morning minyan, and then I usually learn for a while. And then I go out to the field and meditate." (Photo/JTA-Tziporah Litman, courtesy of Black)

Music

Hasidic rapper Nissim Black opens up about his creative process, spirituality and Covid recovery

by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 17, 2020

Jewish hip-hop singer Nissim Black performs during a Hanukkah festival in Pittsburgh in 2018. (Photo/JTA-Esther Wayne-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)

Orthodox rapper Nissim Black’s new single, ‘The Hava Song,’ remakes ‘Hava Nagila’ just in time for Hanukkah

by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

Former ACLU president says censoring hate speech can backfire – just like it did in Germany

by Laura E. Adkins and JTA September 4, 2020

From left: A screenshot of Peter Beinart's essay on a one-state solution; Jewish Currents' Spring 2020 cover featuring Horizons (Jerusalem), 1979 by Najib Joe Hakim; the magazine's editor, Arielle Angel. (Courtesy of Angel/Jewish Currents)

U.S.

Q&A: Jewish Currents editor on Seth Rogen, young Jews and that Peter Beinart essay

by Laura E. Adkins and JTA August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

The Barcheinu Avinu Zoom event, commemorating the 26th anniversary of the Chabad Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson's death, was joined by more than 45,000 devices. (Photo/JTA-Itzik Roytman-Chabad.org)

100,000 people reportedly attended Zoom commemoration for Chabad Rebbe

by Laura E. Adkins and JTA June 26, 2020June 26, 2020

Joe Biden must surmount disadvantages in fundraising and media opportunities in his White House bid. (Photo/Getty Images-JTA montage)

U.S.

These are Biden’s Jews

by Ron Kampeas, Laura E. Adkins and JTA April 24, 2020April 26, 2020

Democratic presidential candidates (L-R) former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Tom Steyer arrive on stage for the Democratic presidential primary debate on Feb. 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. (JTA/Scott Olson/Getty Images)

U.S.

Poll: Jewish voters prefer any Democrat, including Bernie, over Trump

by Laura E. Adkins February 28, 2020February 28, 2020

Supporters of Donald Trump hold signs in Hebrew and English as the president speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, April 6, 2019. (JTA/Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S.

‘I think it’s Israel’: How Orthodox Jews became Republicans

by Laura E. Adkins, Ben Sales and JTA February 3, 2020

Photo of the offending Food & Wine article. (Twitter-@Mottel

Food

A non-kosher latke is actually the perfect symbol of American Judaism

by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019

Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet refusenik and Israeli lawmaker, was named the 2020 Genesis Prize laureate. (JTA/Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Natan Sharansky named 2020 recipient of Genesis Prize

by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019