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The cover of the first issue of the relaunched Canadian Jewish News -- now a primarily digital- and podcast-focused news outlet with quarterly forays into print.
Posted inNews

Canadian Jewish News restarts, again, eyeing a younger audience

by Andrew Lapin and JTA August 31, 2021
Afghan refugees' luggage sits at the Torrejon de Ardoz air base in Madrid, Spain, Aug. 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jesus Hellin-Europa Press via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

After Afghanistan’s last Jew refused to leave, his would-be Jewish rescuers helped dozens of other Afghans escape instead

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 27, 2021August 27, 2021
Israel's Iyad Shalabi (center) won gold in the Men's 100m Backstroke - S1 Final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. (Photo/JTA-John Walton-PA Images via Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Israeli-Arab swimmer wins gold at Tokyo Paralympics, makes history

by Emily Burack and JTA August 26, 2021
Ezra Frech competes in the men’s high jump T63 final at the World Para Athletics Championships, Nov. 11, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Moto Yoshimura-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

11 Jewish Paralympics athletes to watch

by Emily Burack and JTA August 25, 2021
A ceremony at Spain's Royal Palace in Madrid marked the passing of a law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews, Nov. 30, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Juan Naharro Gimenez-WireImage-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Spain is suddenly turning down many Jews who apply for citizenship. Why?

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano and JTA August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
A Mother's Day celebration for Afghan families hosted by JFCS East Bay in 2011. (Courtesy JFCS East Bay)
Posted inBay Area

‘We’re picking up people every day’: Jewish orgs scramble to assist Afghan refugees arriving in Bay Area

by Gabriel Greschler August 20, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Avishek Das-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Anti-Defamation League calls on Twitter to remove Taliban accounts

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 20, 2021
The synagogue of Guantanamo, Cuba, on the second floor of the Mizrahi household, on the eve of the community's 90th anniversary celebration (Photo/Laura Paull)
Posted inNews

Local fundraising event to aid Cuban Jews

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett August 20, 2021August 21, 2021
Zebulon Simantov reads a prayer book before celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2009. (Photo/JTA-Paula Bronstein-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

What we know about Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew — he still won’t leave the country (or divorce his wife)

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 19, 2021
Afghans at the Kabul airport on Aug. 16, 2021, hoping to flee as the Taliban retake the country. (Photo/JTA-AFP via Getty Images) INSET: Yasamin Taher, Afghan case manager at JFCS East Bay.
Posted inBay Area

Q&A: Insider view from an Afghan employee at JFCS — and how you can help

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 17, 2021August 17, 2021

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