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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 Covid-19 restriction sign hangs outside of an H-E-B supermarket in Austin, Texas, March 3, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Montinique Monroe/-etty Images)
Posted inPassover

One Dallas kosher grocer removed the mask requirement. Then came the backlash.

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 9, 2021
People eat at the Hamotzi restaurant in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2021, after Israel reopened restaurants, bars and cafes to those who have been vaccinated. (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

With 41% of the country vaccinated, Israel begins reopening

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 8, 2021March 8, 2021
Aaron Mostofsky, right, was one of the rioters who entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Screenshot from D.C. Police)
Posted inU.S.

Orthodox Jewish rioter was not a left-wing agitator, despite claims from right-wing Twitter accounts

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
The 5 Towns Jewish Times, which serves the Orthodox population of Nassau County, New York, received criticism when it featured on its front page a photo of one of its columnists at the Capitol on Jan. 6. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

Conflict over Capitol mob coverage roils Jewish Long Island as Orthodox media navigates a divided audience

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 13, 2021January 13, 2021
Volunteers distribute food as people drive through in cars in Reading, Pennsylvania, Dec. 15, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Ben Hasty-MediaNews Group-Reading Eagle via Getty Images)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Jewish philanthropists have increased their giving during the pandemic — but prioritizing causes has never been harder

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 5, 2021
A kid hoping for a puppy as a present in Daveed Diggs' new Hanukkah song. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inHanukkah

‘They also happen to be Jewish’: Daveed Diggs on representing Jews of color in his new Hanukkah video

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 14, 2020
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff send Hanukkah greetings in a video, Dec. 10, 2020. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inU.S.

Happy Hanukkah wishes arrive from Trump, Biden, Harris — and Emhoff

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 11, 2020
Rabbanit Jenna Englender dances with the Torah during her graduation ceremony from Yeshivat Maharat in New York, June 17, 2019. (Photo/JTA - Shulamit Seidler-Feller - Maharat)
Posted inReligion

Men have dominated Jewish texts for most of history. These women are trying to change that.

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
A kid hoping for a puppy as a present in Daveed Diggs' new Hanukkah song. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inMusic

WATCH: Daveed Diggs’ new ‘Puppy for Hanukkah’ song

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Jeff Zients speaks at a news briefing in Washington, Feb. 2, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Alex Wong-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Biden’s new Covid adviser co-owns a popular DC ‘Jew-ish’ deli and bagel shop

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 4, 2020

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