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Charlotte Seeleman Shlenker (1838-1920), the author's great-great-grandmother, was the daughter of Magdalena Gugenheim Seeleman, who showed up in the 1860 Louisiana slave census (left) as having owned a 29-year-old woman. Charlotte's husband, Isaac, offered a "girl" for sale in an advertisement dated April 10, 1861. (Photos/JTA-Courtesy Barry Block)
Posted inUncategorized

My Jewish ancestors owned slaves. Here’s what I’m doing about it.

Rabbi Barry H. Block by Rabbi Barry H. Block and JTA December 13, 2021December 13, 2021
Quarry Plaza at UC Santa Cruz (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

You’re a liberal college student. Yes, you can support Israel.

Elior Amar by Elior Amar December 10, 2021December 13, 2021
Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists protest alongside each other during a demonstration outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Dietsch-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Banning abortion would attack our religious freedom as Jews

by Debbie Findling December 8, 2021
The library at Fresno State University was until recently named for Henry Maddden, an unrelentingly antisemitic former Fresno State librarian. (Photo/file)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why rename Fresno State library now? Because history is our guide

Bradley W. Hart by Bradley W. Hart December 7, 2021
Smile aside, Emma Goss was disappointed by the "Hanukkah Lights" night at Filoli House and Gardens in Woodside.
Posted inOpinion

I went to this glitzy event expecting Hanukkah lights, but I got bubkes  

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 2, 2021December 3, 2021
Stephen Sondheim listening to music in the recording control room during the original cast recording of the Broadway musical "Into The Woods" in 1987. (Photo/JTA-Oliver Morris'Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

How Stephen Sondheim helped me find my gay Jewish sensibility

Reb Irwin Keller by Rabbi Irwin Keller November 30, 2021December 1, 2021
The comment section of Melinda Strauss' TikTok account filled up with antisemitic remarks after she posted a video of her nephew Izzy putting on a set of tefillin. (Screenshot/TikTok; Graphic/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inFirst Person

My teenage son wasn’t surprised when antisemites attacked him on TikTok. That makes me angry.

Jessica Russak-Hoffman by Jessica Russak-Hoffman and JTA November 19, 2021
(Illustration/Forward-Nikki Casey)
Posted inUncategorized

I went 26 years without watching ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ My first viewing was underwhelming — until it wasn’t

by Irene Katz Connelly and Forward November 4, 2021
A crowd of Black women of all ages wearing white robes raise their hands in the air
Posted inHolidays

Sigd is not just a holiday for Ethiopian Jews. It’s a declaration that Israel sees us.

Shula Mola by Shula Mola and JTA November 3, 2021November 3, 2021
(Photo/JTA-Carolin Voelker-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

What Día de los Muertos means to me as a Mexican Jew

by Francesca Reznik and JTA October 29, 2021October 28, 2021

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