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Reese Lichtenstein and her grandmother, taken shortly before Irene Wolff’s death in January 2020. Reese has her grandmother’s image tattooed on her forearm. (Photo/Petal and Stone-Nan Patriquin); Part of the porcelain set kept by the Moritz family in Germany.
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From Germany to America: A family’s legacy, preserved in porcelain

by Alix Wall December 23, 2021February 1, 2022
Women and children carry Torah scrolls from an old synagogue building to a new building in Nabagoye, Uganda. (Photo/Courtesy Be’chol Lashon)
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‘Who gets to define Judaism?’ Israel rejects Ugandan Jew’s application for citizenship again

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 16, 2021December 16, 2021
Visitors walk by the logos for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, Dec. 7, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Frayer-Getty Images)
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While US officials plan to boycott Beijing Olympics, Israeli officials expected to attend

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 9, 2021
Senator Bob Dole at the Rally For Soviet Jewry, Dec. 6, 1987 (Photo/Forward-Robert A. Cumins)
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Bob Dole, dead at 98, fought to free Soviet Jews

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward December 7, 2021
Pages from "The Last Jews of Penang" show the Malaysian Jewish community's former synagogue.
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New graphic novel tells the story of Malaysia’s lost Jewish community

by Jordyn Haime and JTA December 6, 2021December 6, 2021
Scribe Kevin Hale restores Torahs with the Memorial Scrolls Trust. (Photo/Commandment 613)
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This 271-year-old Torah survived the Holocaust. Now it’s headed for a new home in Petaluma.

by Eliyahu Kamisher November 29, 2021
Man speaks behind podium decorated with the Chilean flag
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Chile’s Jews feel under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment, so they’re backing a far-right presidential candidate

Alan Grabinsky by Alan Grabinsky and JTA November 24, 2021December 2, 2021
A Jewish father and daughter at meal time in Ethiopia. (Photo/Courtesy SSEG)
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Emanu-El raises $120,000 for Ethiopian Jews caught in civil war crossfire

by Sue Fishkoff November 19, 2021November 28, 2021
Jewish immigrants moving to Israel get off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv in 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jewish Agency for Israel)
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A quarter of European Jewish community leaders say they’ve considered emigrating amid concerns about growing antisemitism

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA November 18, 2021November 18, 2021
Woman performs Afghan dance
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At Manny’s, a heartfelt fundraiser for Afghan resettlement 

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 15, 2021November 16, 2021

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