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Deborah Lipstadt, appears during her Senate Foreign Relations nomination hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 08, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Jabin Botsford-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

In first talk after confirmation, Deborah Lipstadt decries those who don’t take antisemitism seriously

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 13, 2022May 13, 2022
Jon and Lissa Kaplan during the repair of the "Familant Torah," which will soon depart Palo Alto for Israel.
Posted inBay Area

‘Survivor Torah’ scroll will journey from Palo Alto to Israel this summer

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 12, 2022May 25, 2022
Michael, a patient at a Brooklyn methadone clinic for those addicted to heroin, displays a Hebrew tattoo of the "shema" prayer that he looks to in his fight with addiction. (Photo/Forward-Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021. How should Jewish communities respond?

by Rudy Malcom and Forward May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
Palestinians carry the flag-draped body of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as it is carried toward the offices of the news channel in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 11, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ronaldo Schemidt-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israeli officials say source of gunfire that killed Al Jazeera journalist cannot yet be determined

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 12, 2022
From left: Lidia S., Olympiada D., Aleksandra B. and Aleksander S. are among 15 Ukrainians named "Righteous Among the Nations" who helped save Jews during the Holocaust who were still living in Ukraine when Russia invaded. (Photo/NY Jewish Week-Courtesy Jewish Foundation for the Righteous)
Posted inWorld

Inside the mission to aid Ukraine’s 15 remaining ‘Righteous Gentiles’

by Stewart Ain and Jewish Week May 11, 2022
The Reuven family, seen here in New York, decided to spend a year traveling after Stav's death.
Posted inBay Area

Suicide prevention a priority for grieving South Bay family, where youth depression is common

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
Mujahed al-Saadi, a cameraman for Palestine Today TV, escorts the body of veteran Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot and killed as she covered a raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp, May 11, 2022, at the hospital in Jenin. (Photo/JTA-Jaafar Ashtiyeh-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shot and killed while reporting on Israeli army operation

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA May 11, 2022
More than 750 campers and 300 counselors attended Camp Ramah in the Berkshires in the summer of 2015. (Photo/JTA-Uriel Heilman)
Posted inUncategorized, U.S.

Lawsuit alleges mishandling of 15-year-old’s sex assault allegation at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 10, 2022
Claire Lipschultz's mother, pictured  around  the time that her own mother almost died from an illegal abortion.
Posted inBay Area

Q&A: How abortion laws shaped three generations of this family

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Rabbi Daniel Bogard (left) and Shira Berkowitz lead songs at Camp Ramot Amoona. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Berkowitz)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish summer camp veterans are opening a camp for trans kids. It was filled within weeks.

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 10, 2022May 10, 2022

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