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Jewish Israelis seen in the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron, Nov. 19, 2019. (JTA/Amir Levy/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Vying for seats at World Zionist Congress, liberal newcomers like Peter Beinart hope to block Israeli settlements funding

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 26, 2019December 26, 2019
Jessica Meir's Hanukkah socks, seen far above earth. (JTA/Jessica Meir/Twitter)
Posted inHanukkah

Astronaut Jessica Meir tweets Hanukkah message from space

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 23, 2019
Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves a polling station after voting in the general elections in London, Dec. 12, 2019. (JTA/Yunus Dalgic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Boris Johnson defeats Jeremy Corbyn by large margin in British elections

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA December 12, 2019December 17, 2019
Beatie Deutsch, aspiring Olympic runner, may have to bow out of the games over Shabbat observance. (Beatie Deutsch/Instagram)
Posted inSports

Orthodox Israeli ‘Marathon Mother’ may have to give up Olympic dream over Shabbat

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 11, 2019December 17, 2019
(From left) Hedy Durlester, Lotte Marcus and daughter Naomi Marcus at a Dec. 8 event in San Francisco honoring Feng Shan Ho, who saved thousands of Jews from Nazi Germany. (Andrew Esensten)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli, Chinese consulates in S.F. honor ‘Schindler of the East’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 11, 2019December 17, 2019
Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet refusenik and Israeli lawmaker, was named the 2020 Genesis Prize laureate. (JTA/Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Natan Sharansky named 2020 recipient of Genesis Prize

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taking his seat before President Donald Trump’s speech to the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-Drew Angerer)
Posted inIsrael

13 countries change course in voting against UN resolutions against Israel

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 5, 2019
Israelis at Second Beach in Morro de Sao Paulo, Brazil. (JTA/Renato Santana/CORREIO)
Posted inIsrael, World, News, Travel

Why this Brazilian island is expecting 5,000 Israeli tourists this summer

by Marcus M. Gilban and JTA December 4, 2019
Hernán Rustein (right) at the Vatican, where he sang in 2014. (Fotografia Felici)
Posted inReligion

Latin America’s rising ‘passion’ for Reform Judaism coming to Bay Area this Shabbat

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Vilna Gaon Street in Vilnius, 2015 and 1940. (Rabbi Ari Cartun)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area Rabbi to lead tour of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland

by Dan Pine November 19, 2019December 3, 2019

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