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Shira Hanau

Shira Hanau

Shira Hanau is a reporter at JTA. She was previously a staff writer at the New York Jewish Week and has written for the Forward, Columbia Journalism Review and the Harvard Divinity Bulletin.

two screenshots from sefaria. one shows a page of talmud sanhedrin, the other shows the beginning of the US constitution.
Posted inReligion

After digitizing the Talmud, Sefaria seeks to do the same to democracy

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA July 14, 2020July 14, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court building (Photo/JTA-Stefani Reynolds-Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

For Orthodox groups, the Supreme Court’s ruling on school vouchers is a big win

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA July 1, 2020May 21, 2025
UJA-Federation of New York CEO Eric Goldstein, seen in December 2019. (Photo/JTA-Bennett Raglin-Getty Images)
Posted inPhilanthropy

UJA-Federation of New York announces layoffs as CEO forgoes pay

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA June 10, 2020June 10, 2020
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks at the group's biennial in Chicago about combating racism, Dec. 12, 2019. (Courtesy Union for Reform Judaism)
Posted inNews

Union for Reform Judaism announces layoffs and furloughs

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA May 13, 2020

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