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      First Person

      We're spending the High Holidays traveling the world — virtually

      This article originally appeared on Kveller.  One of the distinctively Jewish benefits of the pandemic is that we can attend services virtually anywhere…
      By Avi Dresner, JTA Sep 14, 2021
      From the cover of “Recipe for Disaster” by Aimee Lucido

      Author! Author!

      New middle-grade title gets a ‘Book Mitzvah’ debut event

      After attending her best friend’s bat mitzvah, 12-year-old Hannah tells her parents that she wants to have one, too. When they say no — Hannah belongs to…
      By Andrew Esensten Sep 14, 2021
      Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the Right To Life March in Washington, Jan. 18, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mark Wilson-Getty Images)

      Parenting

      I’m pro-choice, I’m a parent, and I know what I can handle

      In the waning days of the 2020 presidential campaign, Ivanka Trump, who had previously avoided stating her position on abortion rights, made an…
      By Drew Himmelstein Sep 13, 2021
      Rabbi Samantha Kahn officiates an interfaith wedding in the Bay Area. (Photo/Courtesy of 18Doors)

      Opinion

      Who is included in the ‘us’ of our prayers? 

      This Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, about 40% of non-Orthodox Jews will attend religious services. They will hear and recite many prayers that refer to…
      By Edmund Case Aug 26, 2021
      (Photo/stockvault-Mircea Iancu CC0)

      Parenting

      My kids roam the neighborhood, and that's good for everyone

      On a recent afternoon, the 6-year-old boy from across the street wandered over to my driveway looking for something to do. I was sitting on the front…
      By Drew Himmelstein Aug 23, 2021
      One of the only Jewish kids in Key West, Gili Sanouf, 17, sorts through T-shirts and beachwear at the souvenir shop owned by his parents. (Photo/Larry Luxner)

      Travel

      The Jews of Key West: Making a home again in Margaritaville

      On any given afternoon, hundreds of visitors to Key West patiently line up for selfies next to a brightly painted, 12-foot-high concrete buoy that marks…
      By JTA, Larry Luxner Aug 3, 2021
      Camp Tawonga sign

      Northern California

      Tawonga cancels a camp session due to California Covid surge

      A four-day Camp Tawonga introductory session with 200 children enrolled has been canceled due to a surge in Covid cases in the region and low vaccination…
      By Gabriel Greschler Aug 2, 2021
      A Japanese Maple with its red fall leaves. (Photo/JTA-Getty)

      First Person

      What does Jewish tradition teach us when nature is out of balance?

      Every houseplant I’ve ever been responsible for could attest, from beyond the grave, that I don’t exactly have a green thumb. So it was interesting to…
      By Hannah S. Pressman, JTA Jul 28, 2021
      Campers from the Fremont Gan Israel day camp enjoy a day at Six Flags, July 1, 2021.

      Bay Area

      'Birthright Judaism' camp scholarship program helps families

      Growing up in Soviet-era Ukraine in the 1970s and ’80s, attending Jewish summer camp was not an option for Rabbi Shimon Margolin of San Francisco. The…
      By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen Jul 27, 2021
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