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Reese Lichtenstein and her grandmother, taken shortly before Irene Wolff’s death in January 2020. Reese has her grandmother’s image tattooed on her forearm. (Photo/Petal and Stone-Nan Patriquin); Part of the porcelain set kept by the Moritz family in Germany.
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From Germany to America: A family’s legacy, preserved in porcelain

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 23, 2021February 1, 2022
The S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Chapel on the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Photo/JTA-Ady Manory)
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Ethics probe: Reform rabbinical group finds late professor ducked sexual abuse complaints

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA December 23, 2021
Students thought to be from Wheatland High School seen covered in Nazi symbols (Photo/Courtesy ADL)
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Sacramento-area students post photos of themselves covered in swastikas

by J. Staff December 23, 2021December 23, 2021
boy receiving injection
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Israel likely to go for 4th dose to fight spread of omicron

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 22, 2021December 22, 2021
Civil rights attorney Zahra Billoo (Photo/JTA)
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Muslim civil rights leader says she is target of ‘prolonged Zionist onslaught’ as she goes on sabbatical

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 21, 2021December 21, 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)
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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)
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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
Jean Milgram and Martin Jacobs taking a walk in San Francisco.
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Roommates and best friends: She’s 101, he’s 78

by Liz Harris December 21, 2021December 22, 2021
Attorney Saina Shamilov, who is Jewish, says: “The allegations that were made hit right in my heart.” (Photo/Forward)
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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)
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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

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