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Renaissance painting of a young woman cutting off the head of man with a sword
Posted inOpinion

This Hanukkah, celebrate the holiday’s forgotten heroes: Women

headshot of Alan Avery-Pecklogo of The Conversation by Alan Avery-Peck and The Conversation December 1, 2021December 1, 2021
A Thanksgiving greeting card from 1908
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From our archives: Newspapers of Thanksgivings past — 1909, 1924, 1958

by J. Editorial Board November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
Former basketball player Dan Grunfeld's new book tells the story of his family, including his Holocaust survivor grandmother, Lily Grunfeld.
Posted inBooks

Stanford alum Dan Grunfeld shares family’s story, from Holocaust to basketball fame

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 23, 2021November 24, 2021
In 1789, Cantor Gershom Mendes Seixas of New York's Congregation Shearith Israel gave what is widely believed to be the first-ever Jewish sermon about Thanksgiving. (Photo/JTA-Flickr Commons-Shearith Israel)
Posted inOpinion

How Thanksgiving helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story

Rabbi Yael Buechler by Rabbi Yael Buechler and JTA November 22, 2021November 22, 2021
Detail from “Yiddish Cosmos,” 2018, prints on paper by Yevgeniy Fiks
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Little-known L.A. museum puts the saga of Soviet Jewry on display

by Tom Teicholz and Forward November 16, 2021
A Thanksgiving table is set with traditional holiday favorites. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
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Thanksgiving evolves, and my mind turns to the first Jew in the Americas

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz November 11, 2021November 11, 2021
A view of "Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art" at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan, Oct. 10, 2021. (Photo/JTA-New York Jewish Week)
Posted inOpinion

How to talk about Nazi-looted art — and how not to: An exchange

Ben Sales by Andrew Silow-Carroll, Ben Sales and JTA November 1, 2021
Andrew Porwancher is the author of "The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton."
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Bastard. Orphan. And Jew? New book explores ‘The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton’

Barbara Hassid by Barbara Hassid October 11, 2021October 13, 2021
Laura Arnold Leibman is the author of "Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family."
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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
The toilet was carved from limestone and was built with a septic tank underneath it. (Photo/JTA-Yoli Schwartz-Israel Antiquities Authority)
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Lost toilets of the First Temple: 2,700-year-old private toilet found in Jerusalem

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 5, 2021

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