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Philissa Cramer

Philissa Cramer

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

School buses in Boston lined up on the first day of school in 2014. (Photo/JTA-David L Ryan-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

Where Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of school, districts wrestle with whether to change their plans

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 8, 2021
A chance encounter between a law professor and a Holocaust survivor prompted a feel-good story (which may or may not be true) to circulate online. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inHistory

Is Bonne Maman an anti-Nazi jam? The internet wants to think so.

Gabe FriedmanPhilissa Cramer by Gabe Friedman, Philissa Cramer and JTA February 18, 2021
Tobin Mitnick really loves trees, and wants you to, too. (Photo/Courtesy Mitnick)
Posted inComedy, Culture, Religion, Tu Bishvat, Holidays, Jewish Life

Q&A: TikTok’s comic ‘Jew Who Loves Trees’ wants you to take Tu B’Shevat very, very seriously

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 27, 2021January 27, 2021
The El Al departure counter at Ben Gurion International Airport, Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jack Guez-AFP via Getty)
Posted inNews

Israel closes its borders, including for citizens and immigrants, in effort to curb Covid-19

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 25, 2021
Jon Ossoff with his wife, Dr. Alisha Kramer, at the presidential inauguration ceremony, Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Tom Williams-CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jon Ossoff had a totem of his American Jewish heritage in his pocket when he joined the Senate

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 21, 2021January 21, 2021
Rabbi Jordan Hersh has been deployed as part of the Maryland Army National Guard to the U.S. Capitol since a mob of Trump supporters stormed it on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hersh)
Posted inU.S.

‘There was something holy about this space’: Meet a rabbi deployed to the US Capitol with the National Guard

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 18, 2021
Jon Ossoff speaks in Stonecrest, Georgia, Dec. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Paras Griffin-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Jon Ossoff: Everything you need to know about the (likely-to-be) newest Jewish Democratic senator

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 6, 2021January 7, 2021
An attendee wears a yarmulke with an image of U.S. President Donald Trump at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House on December 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo/JTA-Oliver Contreras-Pool-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Massachusetts Republican official says he caught COVID-19 at White House Hanukkah party

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA December 28, 2020December 28, 2020
A medical worker collects a swab from a man for a COVID-19 test in Modiin, on Dec. 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA- Gil Cohen Magen-Xinhua via Getty)
Posted inNews

Israel enters third lockdown as vaccination spree sets world records

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA December 28, 2020December 28, 2020
Al Gross in an undated campaign photo. (Photo/Courtesy Al Gross for Senate)
Posted inNews

A week after Election Day, Alaska’s Senate race called against Al Gross

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA November 12, 2020

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