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Philissa Cramer

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

Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz pictured on Aug. 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Avshalom Sassoni-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Days after U.S. ends right to abortion, Israel makes access easier

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA June 28, 2022June 28, 2022
Gabe Kapler looks on from his San Francisco Giants dugout prior to the start of a game against the Colorado Rockies at Oracle Park in San Francisco, May 10, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Thearon W. Henderson-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Gabe Kapler, SF Giants’ Jewish manager, is skipping pregame national anthem in protest

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA May 31, 2022
David Harbour in a scene from season four of "Stranger Things." (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inTV

Season 4 of Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ filmed in a Lithuanian prison where Nazis jailed Jews

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA May 30, 2022May 27, 2022
Police on scene at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, after the mass shooting there, May 14, 2022. (Photo/JTA-John Normile-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

What you need to know about the antisemitic ideology behind the Buffalo shooting

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer, Ron Kampeas and JTA May 16, 2022
Mujahed al-Saadi, a cameraman for Palestine Today TV, escorts the body of veteran Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot and killed as she covered a raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp, May 11, 2022, at the hospital in Jenin. (Photo/JTA-Jaafar Ashtiyeh-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shot and killed while reporting on Israeli army operation

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA May 11, 2022
Elon Musk has been mum on the details of how he will try to reshape Twitter. (Photo/JTA-SOPA Images, design by Grace Yagel)
Posted inTech

What Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter could mean for Jewish users — and antisemitism — on the platform

Gabe FriedmanPhilissa Cramer by Gabe Friedman, Philissa Cramer and JTA April 27, 2022April 27, 2022
Idit Silman, member of the Yamina party, speaks to Yair Lapid, member of the Yesh Atid party at the Knesset, June 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Marcus Yam-Los Angeles Times)
Posted inNews

Israel’s governing coalition in crisis as right-wing Knesset member resigns, citing Passover food in hospitals

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA April 6, 2022April 6, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared his family's history during a wide-ranging interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, March 21, 2022. (Screenshot)
Posted inUncategorized, World

Zelensky offers new details about his family’s Holocaust history, igniting debate over Ukrainian Holocaust memory

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 23, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke directly to the world's Jews during an address early Wednesday from his bunker in Kyiv. (Screenshot/ Facebook)
Posted inWorld

Zelensky to world’s Jews: ‘Do not remain silent’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 2, 2022March 3, 2022
The Goldenblatt family gathers with Rabbi Jen, played by trans actor Hari Nef, on the finale of HBO's "Sex and the City" reboot. (Screenshot)
Posted inTV

In HBO’s ‘And Just Like That’ finale, a ‘they’ mitzvah challenges Jewish traditions

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA February 3, 2022

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