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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.

A fire was found outside Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas Sunday, Oct. 31. (Photo/Austin Fire Department)
Posted inU.S.

18-year-old suspect arrested in Austin synagogue arson case

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 11, 2021
illustrative photo of rows of chairs in a synagogue
Posted inNews

Synagogues and nonprofits become eligible for grants to upgrade energy efficiency in the new infrastructure bill

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 9, 2021
Seth Lipsky (left) then editor and publisher of The New York Sun, holds up a copy of the first issue with Ira Stoll, vice president and managing editor, during a news conference Apr. 16, 2002 in New York City. (Photo/JTA-Mario Tama-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Purchased by former Algemeiner editor, New York Sun to relaunch with Seth Lipsky as editor

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 4, 2021November 4, 2021
Aiden Arthurs receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine at the Jewish Federation/JARC's offices in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, May 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kowalsky-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

As Covid vaccines for kids arrive, these rabbis (and their kids) are ready with new prayers

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 3, 2021November 3, 2021
Bed, Bath and Beyond quickly pulled a Hanukkah pillow that used a Passover phrase. (Photo/JTA-Alma-Emily Burack)
Posted inHolidays

‘Tis the season for Hanukkah retail fails

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 1, 2021November 23, 2021
Protesters walk to Glasgow to raise awareness of climate change ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Oct. 31, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ian Forsyth-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israeli and American rabbis call on Bennet and Biden to take climate change seriously at UN conference

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 1, 2021
A fire was found outside Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas Sunday, Oct. 31. (Photo/Austin Fire Department)
Posted inU.S.

Fire set outside Austin, Texas synagogue following spate of antisemitic acts

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 1, 2021November 1, 2021
Mila Kunis on a film set in New York City, Aug. 29, 2021. (Photo/JTA-MEGA-Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Mila Kunis, Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Mirren and over 200 other celebrities sign letter denouncing cultural boycott of Israel

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 27, 2021
Mort Sahl in 1960. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Mort Sahl, Jewish comedian and political satirist who inspired the likes of Lenny Bruce, dies at 94 in Mill Valley

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 27, 2021
Goyim Defense League members hang an antisemitic banner from an overpass in Austin, Texas, Oct. 24, 2021. (Screenshot/CBS Austin)
Posted inU.S.

Neo-Nazi group led by Petaluma man hangs ‘Vax the Jews’ banner near JCC in Austin, Texas

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 25, 2021October 26, 2021

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