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Analysis

A cover of Mad Magazine, which will no longer publish new content, from 1968 (Photo/JTA-Elizabeth W. Kearley-Getty Images)
Posted inComedy

How Mad magazine taught me to think like a Jewish intellectual

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 9, 2019
Rabbi Andy Kastner, interim executive director of the East Bay Federation, speaks at the 100th anniversary celebration of the federation, June 19, 2019. (Photo/Courtesy East Bay Federation)
Posted inNews

After 100 years, a warm, haimish goodbye to the East Bay Federation

by Sue Fishkoff June 24, 2019June 24, 2019
(Photo/Flickr-Paul S.)
Posted inOpinion

Every Q&A period at every Jewish event ever

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA June 17, 2019
pride marchers carry lgbt pride flags with stars of david on them
Posted inAnalysis

The controversy over Jewish and Israeli symbols at the DC Dyke March, explained

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales June 7, 2019June 7, 2019
People embrace outside the Chabad of Poway, after a gunman opened fire during services on the last day of Passover, April 27, 2019, leaving one person dead and three others injured. (Photo/JTA-David McNew-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

The Poway shooting exposes the fractured state of our communal discourse

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 29, 2019
Has the Hebrew word “goy” become a slur?
Posted inAnalysis, Opinion

Is ‘goy’ a slur?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 25, 2019
Rice, lentils, chick peas, beans and other legumes shown in a produce market in Netanya, Israel. (Photo/JTA-David Silverman-Getty Images)
Posted inColumns

The Passover kitniyot argument isn’t worth a hill of beans

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 9, 2019April 15, 2019
JTA's Netherlands-based Europe correspondent, Cnaan Liphshiz, is one of many native Israeli citizens abroad forced to travel to the Jewish state to vote in elections. (Photo/Courtesy Liphshiz)
Posted inAnalysis

For Israelis abroad, elections start with a scramble for airplane tickets

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by JTA and Cnaan Liphshiz April 2, 2019April 2, 2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C., March 25, 2019 (Photo/JTA-Mark Wilson-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

AIPAC stands up to critics — but what it stands for is elusive

by JTA and Ron Kampeas March 26, 2019March 26, 2019
(Illustration/JTA-Charles Dunst; Photos/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inAnalysis

Too few Jews, Pew! What about bagel brunchers and the ‘spiritually woke’?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 3, 2018August 31, 2018

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