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Yisroel Goldstein of the Chabad of Poway at a White House event in 2019. (Photo/Forward-Brendan Smialowski-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Yisroel Goldstein, who scammed Poway Chabad community, out of prison early

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward June 16, 2022June 16, 2022
The Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender and Sexual Diversity was founded by Rabbi Joshua Lesser in 2001 and was honored as grand marshal of the 2015 Atlanta Pride Parade. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Rose Kantorczyk)
Posted inU.S.

LGBTQ youth face terrifying new legal threats. How should the Jewish community respond?

by Rudy Malcom and Forward June 15, 2022
Approximately 2,500 abortion rights supporters rally together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 14, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Florida synagogue challenges new state abortion limits with religious freedom lawsuit

Caleb A. Guedes-Reed by Caleb Guedes-Reed and JTA June 14, 2022
Riley Williams, one of the accused Jan. 6 insurrectionists, appears outside the federal courthouse in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Jan. 26, 2021. (Screenshot/WGAL-YouTube)
Posted inU.S.

Jan. 6-related filing reveals U.S. Marine was jailed for plot to shoot up synagogue

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 13, 2022
Ivanka Trump (left) and Jared Kushner attend a summit at the East Room of the White House May 18, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Alex Wong-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Jan. 6 hearing revelation: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump said they privately accepted Donald Trump’s loss

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 10, 2022June 10, 2022
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, second from left, speaks to an interactive artificial intelligence video of Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter, June 2022. (Photo/Jacob Gurvis)
Posted inCalifornia

Doug Emhoff spoke to a Holocaust survivor — and his AI twin — at a cutting-edge exhibit in Los Angeles

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
Rabbi Harold Kravitz in 2013, leading a Torah study group at Adath Jeshurun Congregation. (Photo/Forward-Lee Prohofsky)
Posted inReligion

‘Trying to balance values’: new Conservative head rabbi on intermarriage, inclusion and Israel

by Sheree R. Curry and Forward June 9, 2022
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland), speaks alongside Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Virginia) during a meeting of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Mar. 28, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

5 Jewish questions about the Jan. 6 committee hearings, answered

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
Sandra Razieli officiated Teva Goldstein's bat mitzvah in Maui, Dec. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Anna Kim Photography)
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Mazel tov in Maui, courtesy of former East Bay tutor  

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
“Na la’amod" means “please stand” in Hebrew, and is a non-gendered way to announce a person about to receive Torah honors. (Design/JTA-Jackie Hajdenberg)
Posted inReligion

Non-gendered language for calling Jews to the Torah gets Conservative movement approval

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 8, 2022June 8, 2022

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