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The interior of the Great Synagogue of Slonim, Belarus, pictured in 2007. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inWorld

In Eastern Europe, historic synagogues are sold for the price of a used car

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA March 5, 2021
Screenshot from an ad by the right-wing United Torah Judaism party that appeared to compare Reform Jewish converts to dogs. (Screenshot)
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Dogs, death and ‘clowns’: Israeli Orthodox politicians are again attacking Reform Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 4, 2021
Alon Shaya (right) helped Steven Fenves experience the taste of his pre-Holocaust childhood. (Photos/U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; Rush Jagoe)
Posted inUncategorized

Star chef Alon Shaya helps a Holocaust survivor recreate recipes from his youth

by Margaret Littman and JTA March 3, 2021March 3, 2021
"Odin" (center, wearing a black cowboy hat) with other Central Valley Proud Boys during a pro-Trump rally in Sacramento, Nov. 28, 2020. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

An eight-minute interview with a Proud Boy in Sacramento

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 3, 2021
BBC headquarters in Central London in 2017. (Photo/JTA-Vuk Valcic-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

BBC debate on whether Jews are an ethnic minority sparks outrage

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA March 3, 2021
Cantor Stephen Saxon was inspired by an interview he heard on KQED to help Tom Ammiano get a long-denied varisty letter.
Posted inBay Area

A varsity letter, 63 years late: East Bay cantor rectifies politician’s homophobic high school snub

by Gabriel Greschler March 3, 2021March 3, 2021
Jibril Rajoub, a senior PLO official, has confirmed the existence of an official statement that came out of a meeting in September between Hamas and the PLO. (Photo/JTA-Alexander Hassenstein-FIFA via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

PLO says Hamas is on board with a two-state outcome and ‘peaceful’ resistance

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 2, 2021
Entrance to the Home of Eternity cemetery in Oakland. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inNews

Sinai funeral home makes livestreaming standard at graveside services

by Gabriel Greschler March 2, 2021March 2, 2021
Two journalists in love: Nellie Bowles (left) and fiancee Bari Weiss.
Posted inJewish Life

S.F.-raised journalist’s path to Judaism started on a date with Bari Weiss

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert March 2, 2021October 8, 2025
A health worker tests a man for the coronavirus at a health center in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 16, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Abed Rahim Khatib-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel to start vaccinating West Bank Palestinians who work in Israel

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

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