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Courtroom artist Emily N. Goff filled her time during breaks in the trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter by illustrating the reporters in the the media room at the Joseph Weis Federal Courthouse, May-August 2023. The author, Ron Kampeas, is second from left in the second row, working at a red laptop. (Photo/JTA-©Emily N Goff)
Posted inFirst Person

Covering the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and its aftermath tested me as a Jewish journalist

by Ron Kampeas August 14, 2023August 14, 2023
Larry Sokoloff with his family's Torah, which now lives at Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto.
Posted inFirst Person

My family’s Torah was written in Poland about a century ago. It has a new home in Palo Alto

Larry Sokoloff by Larry Sokoloff August 11, 2023August 11, 2023
A small protest around Horshat Tal junction in northern Israel’s Golan Heights. (Photo/Forward-Mira Fox)
Posted inAnalysis

Small-town Israelis strive to be heard, protesting anywhere anyone will see them

Mira Fox by Mira Fox August 8, 2023August 8, 2023
A protester’s sign reads “Yes to Torah, no to dictatorah.” (Photo/Forward-Mira Fox)
Posted inAnalysis

Scenes and sounds from a raucous night of protests in Jerusalem

Mira Fox by Mira Fox August 7, 2023August 7, 2023
Left: "The Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867. Right: US Navy photo by Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl.
Posted inOpinion

I lost my family home in a fire. Tisha B’Av is a chance to mourn many losses.

Samantha Grant (Photo/Sarah Deragon) by Samantha Grant July 26, 2023July 26, 2023
Raggedy Ann filled Janet Silver Ghent with joy when she was a girl. But by the time she was a mom, it was tough to stave off Barbie. (Photo/wallpaperflare.com CC0)
Posted inSeniors

I couldn’t keep Barbie out of the house, but my son had a solution

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent July 25, 2023July 26, 2023
Director Susan Stern and her daughter Nora playing with Barbies around the time "Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour" came out 25 years ago. (Photo/Courtesy Stern)
Posted inLocal Voice

When I made a Barbie movie 25 years ago, I didn’t realize she (and I) were in a closet

Susan Stern by Susan Stern July 21, 2023July 21, 2023
Two girls wear banners with the slogan "Abolish child slavery" in English and Yiddish, probably taken during May 1, 1909 labor parade in New York City. (Photo/JTA-Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
Posted inFirst Person

How Yiddish taught me to embrace the joy and defiance of being queer

Noa Baron by Noa Baron July 20, 2023
The author, Paul Bendix (right), with fellow disabled passenger Brian Clark aboard the Queen Mary 2. (Photo/Richard Bendix)
Posted inOpinion

Judy Heumann changed the lives of disabled people like me — on land and even at sea

Paul Bendix (Photo/Courtesy) by Paul Bendix July 12, 2023July 12, 2023
Adnan Jaber and Israeli politician Tsipi Livni at an event in Israel, June 19, 2023.
Posted inFirst Person

Tech put this Palestinian activist on a path to build peace

by Sue Fishkoff July 7, 2023July 14, 2023

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