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An aerial view of American Jewish University's Sunny & Isadore Familian Campus in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy AJU)

California

American Jewish University seeks a partner to share its L.A. campus

American Jewish University is looking for a roommate.  The Los Angeles Jewish institution has announced that it is seeking a “compatible” partner to…
By Asaf Shalev, JTA Apr 6, 2021
Duolingo's "flag" for the Yiddish course showcases an aleph with a "komets" diacritic, a foundational Yiddish letter. (Image/Courtesy Duolingo)

Tech

How Duolingo developed its new Yiddish course

When Meena Viswanath signed on more than two years ago to help Duolingo, the world’s largest language learning app, create its first Yiddish course, she…
By Asaf Shalev, JTA Apr 5, 2021
Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles invested in remote learning technology during the pandemic. In the fall, students located in Arizona will begin to attend Shalhevet classes via video. (Photo/JTA-Tushar Dwivedi)

Education

Jewish school's post-Covid plan: Students in Arizona, teachers in LA

When Brooke and Scott Stein began considering where to send their children for high school, they encountered plenty of strong options in the Phoenix area,…
By Asaf Shalev, JTA Apr 2, 2021
Representatives of the E3+2 group (China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom) and Iran meet in Vienna, Austria, July 28, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Alex Halada-AFP-Getty Images)

U.S.

US and Iran to join talks aimed at rejoining nuclear deal

Iran and the United States will join talks in Vienna next week that aim to return all parties to the terms of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. There will not…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Apr 2, 2021
Joel Greenberg in a headshot from the Seminole County Tax Collector's office. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Seminole County Tax Collector's office)

Politics

Meet the Jewish politician at the center of the Matt Gaetz scandal

Matt Gaetz, the Trump-boosting Florida congressman known for his firebomb rhetoric, is in big trouble — in part because of the alleged foibles of a Jewish…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Apr 1, 2021
Several young men stand on top of a hill waving Israeli flags

Politics

Biden administration revives use of ‘occupied’ Israeli territory language

President Joe Biden’s State Department has revived the use of the term “occupied,” but with caveats noting Trump administration changes in policy. In…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Mar 31, 2021
Richard Grenell speaks at a 2019 Turning Point USA event in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo/Flickr-Gage Skidmore)

California

Potential Newsom challenger compares vaccine passport to Nazi laws

A former ambassador to Germany during the Trump administration and potential Republican challenger to Gov. Gavin Newsom in the event of a recall vote has…
By Gabriel Greschler Mar 30, 2021
President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Feb. 16, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP via Getty Images)

Politics

Biden administration formally resumes assistance to Palestinians

The Biden administration formally relaunched U.S. assistance to the Palestinians with $15 million in Covid relief. The money, which will go to…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Mar 30, 2021
The Jews of Color Initiative's Ilana Kaufman (blue shirt and glasses, seventh from left) and Angel Alvarez-Mapp (black shirt and glasses, sixth from left) meet with Jewish community leaders at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

Philanthropy

Steven Spielberg giving $200,000 to Jews of Color Initiative

Steven Spielberg is donating his Genesis Prize earnings — and more — to Jewish and non-Jewish groups working to promote racial and economic justice. The…
By JTA, J. Staff Mar 26, 2021
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