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Nachman Shai (left) speaks to Sen. Rick Scott (second from right) at the Grand Beach Hotel in Surfside, Florida, June 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inU.S.

New Israeli Diaspora minister travels to comfort Jews in Surfside — and looks to mend U.S. ties

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 29, 2021
Members of the Los Angeles teachers' union celebrate the end of a strike, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/Wikimedia-Mike Chickey)
Posted inEducation

After S.F. teachers’ union vote on Israel, others follow suit around the country

by Gabriel Greschler June 28, 2021June 28, 2021
Members of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue team look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building, June 25, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

For Jewish burial societies, Surfside building collapse presents a grim and complex task

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA June 28, 2021
Rabbi Eliot Pearlson, in kippah, leads a psalm as he speaks to members of his congregation in the wake of the collapse of the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida, June 25, 2021. Pearlson, who has a number of his congregants among the missing, is the rabbi at Temple Menorah just a few blocks from the collapsed condos. (Photo/JTA-Zack Wittman for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

‘It’s going to be a rough road’: In Surfside, the Jewish community braced for bad news on a somber Shabbat

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 28, 2021
This aerial view shows search and rescue personnel working after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Chandan Khanna-AFP via Getty)
Posted inU.S.

The deadly building collapse in Surfside, Florida, struck a growing Jewish community

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 25, 2021June 28, 2021
Search and rescue personnel working on site after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida on June 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Chandan Khanna-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

American Jews mobilize in response to deadly building collapse in Florida

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA June 25, 2021June 25, 2021
Images from four award-winning stories (clockwise from top left): "For Jews of color, protests are reminders of pain — even within Jewish community"; "In North Bay, fire and smoke disrupt an already unusual Yom Kippur"; "Ron Berman, adored adman who created campaigns for Jewish causes, dies at 83"; "A road trip through Jewish Gold Country"
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J. wins record-breaking 19 national Jewish journalism awards

by J. Staff June 24, 2021June 27, 2022
Campers at OSRUI, a Reform summer camp in Wisconsin, sing songs during Erev Yisrael (Israel Night).
Posted inNews

How are Jewish summer camps talking about Israel? It’s complicated.

Rachel Hale by Rachel Hale and Forward June 24, 2021
A kippah-clad man holds a sign reading "Jews for Black Lives" at a Black Lives Matter protest in front of the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Valerie Macon-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

This organization was supposed to unite Jews. A debate over Black Lives Matter may fuel its demise.

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Ron Kampeas, Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA June 24, 2021
an older woman happily holds out her arms to greet an old friend in a large synagogue sanctuary
Posted inNews

Synagogues reopen their doors after long, arduous year

by Gabriel Greschler June 24, 2021June 24, 2021

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