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A flock of gray cranes are seen in the Hula Valley in northern Israel, Dec. 9, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Shang Hao-Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Scientists worry an avian flu killing thousands of cranes in Israel could spread to humans

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 30, 2021
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu attends a celebration for his 86th birthday on Oct. 7, 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo/JTA-Gianluigi Guercia-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Desmond Tutu, who identified with Jews but criticized Israel, dies at 90

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 27, 2021
A Christmas display at the entrance to the Tel Aviv flagship store of Tiv Ta’am, an Israeli supermarket chain known for selling non-kosher food. (Photo/JTA-Asaf Shalev)
Posted inNews

For a growing number of Jews in Israel, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA December 23, 2021December 23, 2021
boy receiving injection
Posted inNews

Israel likely to go for 4th dose to fight spread of omicron

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 22, 2021December 22, 2021
Fireworks burst over the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem during the lighting of the Christmas tree, Dec. 4, 2021. (Photo/RNS-AP-Maya Alleruzzo)
Posted inNews

Exceptions for Birthright rankle US Christians blocked from Israel at Christmas

Yonat ShimronMichele Chabin (Photo/Courtesy) by Yonat Shimron, Michele Chabin and RNS December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
Religious Jews arrive to pray at the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Aug. 2, 2021. (Photo/RNS-AP-Maya Alleruzzo)
Posted inNews

As Jews pray on Temple Mount, status quo at Jerusalem’s holiest site begins to shift

by Eetta Prince-Gibson and RNS December 21, 2021
Attorney Saina Shamilov, who is Jewish, says: “The allegations that were made hit right in my heart.” (Photo/Forward)
Posted inNews

S.F. lawyers on both sides of ‘baseless’ antisemitism allegations in Amazon case

Meghann M. Cuniff by Meghann M. Cuniff and Forward December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
Israel's President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations' leadership meeting in Jerusalem, Feb. 18, 2019, when he was chairman of the Jewish Agency. (Photo/JTA-Hadas Parush-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel’s president to Palo Alto students: Check out Hebrew TikTok

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 20, 2021December 21, 2021
Ben Gurion International Airport, Nov. 28, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Avshalom Sassoni-Flash90)
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Israel may bar travel to United States as NY consulate staff walloped by latest Covid wave

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 20, 2021December 20, 2021
Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter, of the South Philadelphia Shtiebel, lights a menorah during a public Hanukkah celebration and menorah lighting ceremony in South Philadelphia on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo/Ryan Collerd)
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More Orthodox women are being ordained, but change is uneven

Yonat ShimronIlan Ben Zion by Yonat Shimron, Ilan Ben Zion and RNS December 17, 2021

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