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A synagogue-goer packs up his tallit, or prayer shawl, after services in Vienna, Austria, in July 2021. (Photo/JTA-Adam Berry-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Is it safe to attend Rosh Hashanah services? Should kids? Your Covid-19 High Holiday questions, answered.

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 23, 2021
a white man with short salt-and-pepper hair
Posted inUncategorized

Israel will now let gay men donate blood

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 23, 2021
(From left) Leo Zacky, Angelyne and Dan Kapelovitz are among the dozens running to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Posted inCalifornia

A lawyer, a poultry prince and a billboard queen walk into a recall election

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 23, 2021August 25, 2021
A Mother's Day celebration for Afghan families hosted by JFCS East Bay in 2011. (Courtesy JFCS East Bay)
Posted inBay Area

‘We’re picking up people every day’: Jewish orgs scramble to assist Afghan refugees arriving in Bay Area

by Gabriel Greschler August 20, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Avishek Das-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Anti-Defamation League calls on Twitter to remove Taliban accounts

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 20, 2021
The synagogue of Guantanamo, Cuba, on the second floor of the Mizrahi household, on the eve of the community's 90th anniversary celebration (Photo/Laura Paull)
Posted inNews

Local fundraising event to aid Cuban Jews

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett August 20, 2021August 21, 2021
Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Denver, where Shmuel Silverberg, 18, was shot and killed. (Screenshot/JTA)
Posted inU.S.

What we know about the fatal shooting of a yeshiva student in Denver

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 19, 2021August 19, 2021
Zebulon Simantov reads a prayer book before celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2009. (Photo/JTA-Paula Bronstein-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

What we know about Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew — he still won’t leave the country (or divorce his wife)

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 19, 2021
Students at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto during the 2020-21 school year. (Photo/Deena Riddle)
Posted inEducation

Kehillah students must be vaxed. Other local Jewish schools are still weighing their options.

by Gabriel Greschler August 18, 2021August 23, 2021
USY members celebrate at the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism's 2015 convention. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Langdal)
Posted inU.S.

Conservative movement to launch investigation of sexual abuse allegations at youth program

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

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