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Yonat Shimron is a national reporter and senior editor at the Religion News Service.

Laura Arnold Leibman is the author of "Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family."
Posted inCulture

Born into slavery, they rose to be elite New York Jews. A new book tells their story.

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS October 7, 2021October 11, 2021
Sheila Katz, CEO, National Council of Jewish Women, urged the U.S. Senate to protect abortion rights at an event outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on Sept. 29, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Photo/RNS-Paul Morigi-Getty Images for MoveOn)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish women’s groups prep for Women’s March on abortion rights

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS October 1, 2021
The Anne Frank Center in Columbia, South Carolina, includes two doors illuminated with photos of Anne as a girl. (Photo/RNS-Yonat Shimron)
Posted inU.S.

A new Anne Frank Center aims to reshape racism through Holocaust education

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS September 20, 2021
A choir performs during the 2018 graduation for the Academy for Jewish Religion California. (Photo/Courtesy Academy for Jewish Religion California)
Posted inCalifornia

This L.A. rabbinical school is moving into a Catholic university

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS September 3, 2021September 8, 2021
Bruce Chilton is the author of “The Herods: Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession.”
Posted inBooks

Q&A: New book plumbs role of the Herods in forming early Jewish, Christian views

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS August 18, 2021

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