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Shira Li Bartov

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Shira Li Bartov is a JTA contributor covering culture and global news. She was previously a staff writer at Newsweek and a producer at Inside Edition.

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BBC execs resign amid scandal over Trump interview edit and Gaza war coverage

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov November 10, 2025November 10, 2025
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4 arrested after protesters set off smoke bombs at Paris performance of Israel Philharmonic

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov November 7, 2025November 7, 2025
Newly arrived South Africans listen to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar (right) deliver welcome statements in a hangar near Washington Dulles International Airport on May 12, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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South Africa’s chief rabbi supports Trump — but not his Afrikaner refugee program

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov May 14, 2025May 14, 2025
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Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov February 27, 2025February 27, 2025
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On 3rd anniversary of Russia-Ukraine war, Ukrainian Jews reinforce their identity

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov February 24, 2025February 24, 2025
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What happened to relics of Syria’s Jewish history? Assad’s collapse spurs efforts to assess the damage.

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov December 13, 2024December 13, 2024
a statue of a menorah in front of a stark modernist building
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Poland’s Jewish museum marks its first decade, made tumultuous by politics

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov October 29, 2024October 29, 2024
A man and woman in white cantorial robes stand on the bimah, with two others holding a Torah off to the side
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Historic Prague synagogue used on Yom Kippur for the first time since the Holocaust

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov October 14, 2024October 14, 2024
Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Noah in "Nobody Wants This." (Stefania Rosini/Netflix)
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How a real-life rabbi coached Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ about making interfaith relationships realistic

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov September 26, 2024September 26, 2024
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Benj Pasek becomes 8th Jew to enter elite EGOT ranks after ‘Only Murders’ Emmy

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov September 9, 2024September 9, 2024

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