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Philissa Cramer

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Philissa Cramer is editor in chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Author and Rabbi Harold Kushner is pictured with his best-selling book, "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," in 2001. (Photo/JTA-Ron Bull-Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer, Ben Harris and JTA May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
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.
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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
Chaim Topol performs at the SeriousFun London Gala, Dec. 3, 2013. (Photo/JTA-David M. Benett-Getty Images)
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Chaim Topol, Israeli actor who played Tevye in 1971 ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ film, dies at 87

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 9, 2023March 9, 2023
An older woman sits smiling in a motorized wheelchair
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Judith Heumann, Jewish disability advocate who spurred a movement, dies at 75

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 7, 2023
Nov. 29, 2021 menorah lighting at Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto
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Planned ‘Day of Hate’ against Jews passes by with packed synagogues and no violence

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA February 27, 2023March 6, 2023
The 2017 color war at JCC Ranch Camp in Elbert, Colorado. (Photo/JTA-Noah Gallagher)
Posted inBooks

American Jews created historic summer camps. Or did summer camps create American Jews?

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA February 21, 2023February 21, 2023
Protesters attend a massive demonstration against proposed judicial reforms in front of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Amir Levy-Getty Images)
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Mass protest in Jerusalem as Knesset advances judicial reforms over widespread objections

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA February 13, 2023
Hebrew College, which sold its Newton Centre, Massachusetts campus in 2018, is now the second major rabbinical school in the United States to do away with rules barring students from dating or marrying non-Jews. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hebrew College)
Posted inU.S.

In a shift, Boston’s Hebrew College will now ordain rabbis whose partners are not Jewish

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA February 1, 2023February 1, 2023
A U.S. airman prepares weaponry bound for Ukraine at a storage bunker at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, Oct. 12, 2022. The U.S. is also sending weapons from stockpiles in Israel and South Korea.(Photo/JTA-Demetrius Freeman-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Weapons have been heading from Israel to Ukraine — out of an American stockpile

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 19, 2023
Steven Spielberg poses with the awards for best director and best picture for "The Fabelmans" at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, Jan. 10, 2023.(Photo/JTA-Kevin Mazur-Getty Images)
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Steven Spielberg on ‘Fabelmans’ Golden Globe: My mom is ‘up there kvelling’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 11, 2023

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