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Roee and Adiel Kiviti, with son Lev and daughter Kessem. (Photo/Courtesy Immigration Equality)
Posted inU.S.

State Department appeals court decision granting U.S. citizenship to baby of same-sex couple with Israeli roots

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA August 20, 2020
The FBI logo on the outside of a building
Posted inU.S.

FBI explains why it tweeted link to files on ‘Protocols of Elders of Zion’

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords addresses the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2020. (Photo/JTA-DNCC via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Jewish gun control activists, including Gabby Giffords, take center stage at Democratic convention

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
Cantor Toby Glaser rehearses a prerecorded High Holiday service at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Aug. 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inJewish Life

Prerecorded services, backyard worship, a drive-in: finding new ways to uphold tradition this High Holiday season

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
A fire in Napa County as seen from Middletown in Lake County, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/Jade May)
Posted inNorthern California

Torahs packed and synagogues on high alert as fires bear down in North Bay

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky and Gabriel Greschler August 19, 2020August 20, 2020
Laura Loomer stands across from the Women's March in New York City on January 19, 2019. (Photo/JTA-John Lamparski-Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Laura Loomer, Jewish provocateur known for anti-Muslim rhetoric, wins House primary in Florida

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 19, 2020
a bald man in a black judge's robe sits in a chair
Posted inWorld

In the Netherlands, judges can fine and lock up Jewish men who refuse to give their wives a religious divorce

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 19, 2020
a woman with short grey hair wearing a denim jacket stands speaking in a forest
Posted inPolitics

Merav Ben-David, an Israeli-American scientist, wins Wyoming’s Democratic Senate primary

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 19, 2020October 16, 2020
Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin of Oakland addresses the Jewish American Community Meeting at the virtual Democratic National Convention, Aug. 18, 2020.
Posted inNews

Oakland rabbi opens Democratic National Convention’s Jewish event

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks at the group's 2018 National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. (Photo/JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Liberal Jewish groups defend ADL after renewed attack from progressive coalition

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 18, 2020

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