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Singer and actor Harry Belafonte in a recording studio, circa 1957. (Photo/JTA-Hulton Archive-Getty Images)
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Harry Belafonte, singer and civil rights activist who popularized ‘Hava Nagila’ in the US, dies at 96

by Lisa Keys and JTA April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
picture of Halie Soifer standing on stage with a sign behind her that says "welcome to the unofficial white house hanukkah after party"
Posted inNews

Halie Soifer, head of Jewish Democratic Council of America, talks 2024 in Bay Area

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2023April 25, 2023
The Tree of Life synagogue is surrounded by a chain link fence draped with paintings from schools around the country, in Pittsburgh, April 21, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inNews

As trial begins in Tree of Life massacre, Pittsburgh’s Jews struggle with what to reveal and what to conceal

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 24, 2023
Anti-government protesters carrying Israeli flags lined the path between the Tel Aviv train station and the convention center where the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly was taking place, April 23, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
Posted inNews

At an American Jewish conference in Tel Aviv, protesters are driving the energy

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 24, 2023
Rep. Barbara Lee speaking at the Library of Congress, April 5, 2022. (Photo/Facebook-Congresswoman Barbara Lee)
Posted inNews

East Bay’s Rep. Barbara Lee touts support of Israel amid Senate bid

by Ryan Torok April 21, 2023April 27, 2023
The exterior of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in the days after a white supremacist murdered 11 people during Shabbat services in October 2018.
(Still from "Repairing the World")
Posted inU.S.

Long-delayed Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial to begin Monday, igniting pain, fear and hopes for closure

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 21, 2023
Eric Fingerhut, head of the Jewish Federations of North America, speaks at the organization’s 2019 conference. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Federations of North America)
Posted inU.S.

JFNA conference meant to celebrate Israel’s 75th may be overwhelmed by protests

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward April 20, 2023April 20, 2023
Children light candles as part of their lessons at Yachad Religious School in Oak Park Michigan. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Yachad)
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Hebrew school enrollment across US down by nearly half since 2006, report says

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA April 20, 2023April 20, 2023
Then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nov. 19, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Wade Vandervort-AFP via Getty Images)
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Kevin McCarthy to address Israeli Knesset amid chill in relations between Biden and Netanyahu

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 19, 2023
American Jewish University in Bel Air, California. (Photo/Wikimedia-Cbl62 CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Former rabbinical students complain to Conservative movement about sexism at LA seminary

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward April 18, 2023

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