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A makeshift memorial erected in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., days after the shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead, Feb. 18, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
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Here’s why we report on the Jewish victims of general tragedies

by Andrew Silow-Carroll February 20, 2018February 20, 2018
Front row, left to right: April Baskin, Lacey Schwartz, Yavilah McCoy, Shais Rishon, Courtney Parker. Back row: Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein, Yehudah Webster, Tiffany Harris, Ilana Kaufman. (Photo/Courtesy Ilana Kaufman)
Posted inColumns, Local Voice, Jewish Life, Opinion, Philanthropy

How we’re making the Jewish community safe for Jews of color

Ilana Kaufman by Ilana Kaufman February 16, 2018February 16, 2018
From the cover of "Hitler in Los Angeles" by Steven J. Ross
Posted inColumns

New books: Nazis in Hollywood; and Jewish refugees who returned to fight Hitler

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 16, 2018August 20, 2018
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inColumns

Leave bitterness at the door when you enter the sanctuary

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider February 16, 2018February 15, 2018
Augie's classic Montreal-style smoke meat sandwich (Photo/Courtesy Augie's)
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Smoke meat, a Jewish Montreal culinary icon, lands in Berkeley

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 15, 2018June 4, 2021
A Virgin Airways plane at Heathrow Airport in London, Oct. 11, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Jack Taylor-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Virgin Atlantic called couscous Palestinian, and people got very upset

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 15, 2018February 14, 2018
Jhos Singer (right) uses alchemy to mix up original drinks. (Photo/Shayna Dollinger)
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Mixologist adds a splash of Jewish history to his cocktails

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 13, 2018
"The Covenant Confirmed," by John Steeple Davis
Posted inColumns

The danger of snap judgments

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand February 9, 2018February 13, 2018
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A new rabbi in South Dakota — where there are fewer Jews than in South Korea

Eric GoldbrenerLarry Rosen by Eric Goldbrener and Larry Rosen February 9, 2018
Drew Himmelstein misses her old synagogue — where she didn't feel hidden away at "family programming." (Photo/file)
Posted inColumns

On shul-shopping with kids. Why silo us off into ‘family programming’?

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein February 7, 2018February 8, 2018

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