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Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett (left) meets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the White House, Aug. 26, 2021. (Photo/JTA-GPO Handout-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Biden and Bennett delay meeting in wake of deadly Kabul airport bombing

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 26, 2021
Israel's Iyad Shalabi (center) won gold in the Men's 100m Backstroke - S1 Final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. (Photo/JTA-John Walton-PA Images via Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Israeli-Arab swimmer wins gold at Tokyo Paralympics, makes history

by Emily Burack and JTA August 26, 2021
Foreground: Rabbi Daniel Lehmann is the new head of school at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School. Background: a socially distanced second-grade classroom at Hausner in July of 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Sanchez)
Posted inEducation

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann rekindles family connection as new head of Hausner school

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 25, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett departs for Washington, on August 24, 2021. (Photo/Avi Ohayon-GPO)
Posted inAnalysis

Will Biden and Bennett hit restart button on U.S.-Israel relations?

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward August 25, 2021
Ezra Frech competes in the men’s high jump T63 final at the World Para Athletics Championships, Nov. 11, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Moto Yoshimura-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

11 Jewish Paralympics athletes to watch

by Emily Burack and JTA August 25, 2021
Jack Hirschman reads from the Italian edition of his book “The Arcanes.” (Photo/Marco Cinque)
Posted inObituaries

Jack Hirschman, S.F. poet laureate and ‘bad Jew,’ dies at 87

by Patricia Corrigan August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
Left: Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin as a bar mitzvah with Cantor Doron Shapira at Peninsula Sinai in Congregation, 2010. Right: Years later, he's getting ready to help lead Peninsula Sinai for the High Holidays.
Posted inHigh Holidays

As a kid he loved his Foster City synagogue. This High Holidays, he’s going to help lead it.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
A ceremony at Spain's Royal Palace in Madrid marked the passing of a law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews, Nov. 30, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Juan Naharro Gimenez-WireImage-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Spain is suddenly turning down many Jews who apply for citizenship. Why?

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano and JTA August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
(Photo/JTA-Igor Golovniov-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Facebook has a new prayer feature. But is it made for Jews?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
Torrance police chief Jeremiah Hart addresses a press conference in Torrance, California on Aug. 20, 2021. (Screenshot/JTA-CBS2)
Posted inCalifornia

Two former L.A.-area police officers charged with vandalism for swastika spray-painted inside impounded car

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

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