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One of four Torah emojis suggested by online Jewish library Sefaria
Posted inTech

The bagel is fine, but is it time for more Jewish emojis?

by JTA and J. Staff May 28, 2019May 28, 2019
Volodymyr Zelensky, waves to supporters at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine, April 21, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Xinhua-Sergey-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld, News

Ukraine now first country outside Israel whose president and PM are both Jewish

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 23, 2019
JTA's Netherlands-based Europe correspondent, Cnaan Liphshiz, is one of many native Israeli citizens abroad forced to travel to the Jewish state to vote in elections. (Photo/Courtesy Liphshiz)
Posted inAnalysis

For Israelis abroad, elections start with a scramble for airplane tickets

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by JTA and Cnaan Liphshiz April 2, 2019April 2, 2019
Posted inUncategorized

Wealthy German family, owners of Peet’s and Noah’s, to make amends for Nazi past

by JTA and Toby Axelrod March 25, 2019April 3, 2019
People attend a funeral ceremony in absentia for the victims of twin terror attacks on New Zealand mosques in Christchurch, on March 15, 2019 in Duzce, Turkey. Photo/JTA-Omer Urer-Anadolu Agency-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld, News

New Zealand Jews ‘sickened’ by mosque shootings that killed 49

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by JTA and Cnaan Liphshiz March 15, 2019March 15, 2019
Aerial view of the Agahozo-Shalom Village in Rwanda.
Posted inWorld, News

Son of local rabbi helps genocide orphans in Rwandan Jewish-sponsored ‘youth village’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 28, 2018January 7, 2019
montage of heashots of famous jews who died in 2018
Posted inNews

Some of the inspiring Jews we lost in 2018

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 26, 2018
a domed stone building pocked with bullet holes
Posted inNews

JIMENA and others ask Pompeo to safeguard Jewish artifacts in Middle East

by JTA and J. Staff December 12, 2018December 12, 2018
A smiling woman in sunglasses with a big fro
Posted inNews

Born in Ethiopia, S.F. student is now an Israeli citizen and a Jew

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 6, 2018December 18, 2018
Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, member of the Ugandan parliament and first ordained rabbi of the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda, in Marin, August 2018 (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inBay Area, World, News

In Marin, Uganda’s chief rabbi lays out big plans — including a run for president

by Sue Fishkoff August 31, 2018September 4, 2018

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