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Omer Yankelevich, the first haredi Orthodox woman to hold a Cabinet position in Israeli government, poses for a picture in the Israeli parliament, April 29, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Noam Revkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Meet Omer Yankelevich, the Orthodox woman tasked with mending the frayed ties between Israel and the Diaspora

by Sam Sokol and JTA June 29, 2020
The Barcheinu Avinu Zoom event, commemorating the 26th anniversary of the Chabad Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson's death, was joined by more than 45,000 devices. (Photo/JTA-Itzik Roytman-Chabad.org)
Posted inReligion

100,000 people reportedly attended Zoom commemoration for Chabad Rebbe

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
A Judensau sculpture on display on the outer wall of the town church of St. Marien in Wittenberg, Germany, Feb. 4, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Hendrik Schmidt-Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

In Germany, several churches have anti-Semitic sculptures from the Middle Ages. Can one man get them taken down?

by Toby Axelrod and JTA June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Congregants and guests crowd into Congregation Sherith Israel’s sanctuary in 1945 to celebrate the founding of the United Nations. (Photo/Courtesy Sherith Israel)
Posted inNews

Events to salute Jewish role in U.N.’s birth in San Francisco 75 years ago

by Dan Pine June 24, 2020June 25, 2020
Rabbi Menachem Lazar, right, officiates at the wedding of Marco Del Monte and Elinor Hanoka at the Great Synagogue of Rome, June 7, 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad Piazza Bologna)
Posted inWorld

Rome Jews celebrate first Jewish wedding after lockdown

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA June 10, 2020
Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog discusses how to address the needs of Jewish communities around the world due to the coronavirus crisis with the leaders of 30 regional umbrella Jewish organizations from his office in Jerusalem, May 26, 2020. (Courtesy Jewish Agency for Israel)
Posted inIsrael, U.S., World, News

Global Jewish leaders meet in videoconference to address community needs after coronavirus

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Peter Eckstein-Kovacs served in Romania's government for nearly two decades. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Eckstein-Kovacs)
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Peter Eckstein-Kovacs has defended Jews and other Romanian minorities for decades. Will he survive the Orban era?

by Charles Dunst and JTA May 26, 2020May 28, 2020
One challenge in Expedition Nai, a global virtual color war for Jewish young adults, was to take a piece of old clothing and turn it into something cool. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inU.S.

A global virtual color war for Jewish millennials could be a model for summer camp in the Covid-19 era

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA May 22, 2020
Jews pray at the Noam synagogue in Milan, Italy, May 20, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Daniel Reichel)
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Joy, fear and sorrow mix for Italian Jews returning to synagogue

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA May 20, 2020
Hazon CEO Nigel Savage practices blowing his shofar. (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
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Jewish environmental group sounds the call: Blow the shofar on Earth Day

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA April 21, 2020

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