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Author and Rabbi Harold Kushner is pictured with his best-selling book, "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," in 2001. (Photo/JTA-Ron Bull-Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer, Ben Harris and JTA May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Joc Pederson in his new pearls with Star of David, a birthday gift from Team Israel. (Photo/Twitter via @ILBaseball)
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Team Israel says happy birthday to Giants slugger Joc Pederson — with a pearl necklace

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 28, 2023April 28, 2023
Right-wing Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Arie Leib Abrams-Flash90)
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‘We will not give up’ on judicial changes, right-wing protesters at Israel’s largest pro-reform rally are told

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 28, 2023
Our analysis of Goyim TV flyer incidents across the U.S. includes this map — an interactive version is available below. (Screenshot/Google Maps)
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How an antisemitic flyer campaign that began in the Bay Area went national

Lillian Ilsley-GreeneGabe Stutman by Lillian Ilsley-Greene and Gabe Stutman April 28, 2023April 28, 2023
A protester demonstrates at the 2023 Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly in Tel Aviv as a conference attendee walks past. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of JFNA-A.G.)
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How Israel’s political crisis took center stage at a major American Jewish conference

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 27, 2023May 15, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a Jerusalem Post conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem on April 27, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
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Visiting Jerusalem, Ron DeSantis tries out his Jewish stump speech

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 27, 2023
Singer and actor Harry Belafonte in a recording studio, circa 1957. (Photo/JTA-Hulton Archive-Getty Images)
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Harry Belafonte, singer and civil rights activist who popularized ‘Hava Nagila’ in the US, dies at 96

by Lisa Keys and JTA April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
J-Ventures investors meet in Palo Alto in April 2023. (Photo/Courtesy J-Ventures)
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This Jewish-founded VC fund calls its unusual funding model a ‘capitalist kibbutz’

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva April 26, 2023July 22, 2025
A Tel Aviv protest at the start of Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel's Independence Day, featured a sea of flags, April 25, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
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On Israel’s 75th Independence Day, its flag has taken on new meaning as a protest symbol

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
picture of Halie Soifer standing on stage with a sign behind her that says "welcome to the unofficial white house hanukkah after party"
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Halie Soifer, head of Jewish Democratic Council of America, talks 2024 in Bay Area

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

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