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Mike Perlmutter, wearing his grandfather's hat,  with the letter certifying his Polish citizenship. (ALICIA MOORE)
Posted inBay Area

The story behind one Berkeley Jewish man’s quest for Polish citizenship

by Alix Wall April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
A cyclist protecting himself from the coronavirus passes in front of a synagogue in Turin, Italy, March 18, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Stefano Guidi-Getty)
Posted inWorld, News

For Italian Jews, the ‘smell of death’ is all around

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA March 26, 2020
A Passover seder in 2019. (Photo/JTA-Creative Touch Imagine Ltd/Nurphoto)
Posted inReligion

Passover in a pandemic: Families on Zoom, solo seders and broken traditions

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 17, 2020
Purim groggers, masks and hamantaschen (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inReligion

Purim is a holiday for partying. This year, the coronavirus makes things different.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 9, 2020
The desert at sunset in Rissani, Morocco. (SUE BARNETT)
Posted inTravel

After mass exodus, Morocco celebrates its Jewish heritage

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett March 6, 2020March 6, 2020
Men wearing suits portraying haredi Jews with an ant's abdomen and legs at the annual procession of the carnival in Aalst, Belgium, Feb. 23, 2020. (JTA/Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

I enjoyed the Belgian carnival that featured anti-Semitic floats. Then I searched for homes in Israel.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 26, 2020
Rabbi David Rosen speaks at a Feb. 24 interfaith gathering in San Francisco. (Dan Pine)
Posted inNews

First rabbi to meet Saudi monarch in Riyadh stops in S.F. full of optimism

by Dan Pine February 25, 2020February 26, 2020
Exterior of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews (Photo/from file)
Posted inBay Area, World, Culture, News, Philanthropy

Poland Jewish history museum leadership chaos ends; local funder Tad Taube pleased

by JTA and J. Staff February 18, 2020February 18, 2020
Far-right and neo-Nazi supporters walk through Plauen in eastern Germany, May 1, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Sebastian Willnow-DPA-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

As German authorities take on far-right extremists, Jews and others ask, ‘What took so long?’

by Rebecca Spiess and JTA February 18, 2020
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, attends the Arab League's foreign ministers meeting in Cairo, Feb. 1, 2020. (JTA/Mohamed Mostafa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Arab League unanimously rejects Trump peace plan

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA February 3, 2020

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