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Abstract visualization of DNA results
Posted inBay Area, Israel, U.S., Kids & Family, Jewish Life, News

Who is a Jew? DNA home testing adds new wrinkle to age-old debate

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 29, 2019December 2, 2019
The synagogue in Breckenridge, Tex., in 1929. (Basil Clemons/University of Texas at Arlington Archives)
Posted inU.S.

A Texas synagogue burned to the ground, but there were no Jews left to mourn it

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 27, 2019November 27, 2019
Prospective Berkeley Moshav members at a 2014 planning meeting. (From file)
Posted inNews

After years of planning, Jewish co-housing site to be revealed at Berkeley meeting

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 27, 2019November 27, 2019
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Floriday, speaks after she was denied access to the Homestead Temporary Shelter For Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Florida, June 19, 2018. (JTA/Joe Skipper/Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

House bill would help Holocaust survivors recover billions in pre-1938 insurance policy payments

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 26, 2019November 26, 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu, seen on Nov. 12, 2019, is the first sitting Israeli prime minister to be indicted. (JTA/Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Netanyahu does not have to resign as prime minister, attorney general decides

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 26, 2019
Pink Challah Bake on Nov. 14 in Palo Alto to promote awareness of genetic mutations that raise cancer risks. (Sarah Felson)
Posted inBay Area

Women, girls think pink at Palo Alto Challah Bake

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 26, 2019November 26, 2019
Michael Bloomberg, center, prepares to speak at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, Nov. 17, 2019. (JTA/Yana Paskova/Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Will Michael Bloomberg’s Jewishness help or hinder his run for the White House?

by Ron Kampeas and JTA November 26, 2019November 26, 2019
Ross Farca speaking with an attorney outside Contra Costa Superior Court, Sept. 26, 2019. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

Alleged East Bay Jew-hater Ross Farca now charged with lying to U.S. Army

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 25, 2019November 26, 2019
Rabbi Uri Regev at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, Nov. 21, 2019. (Herbert Thier)
Posted inNews

Uri Regev: Religious freedom is important to Israelis, and could bring down Netanyahu

by Sue Fishkoff November 25, 2019November 25, 2019
Likud lawmaker Gideon Saar at the Knesset, Aug. 13, 2019. (JTA/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Likud lawmaker Gideon Sa’ar calls for leadership primaries after Netanyahu indictment

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 25, 2019

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