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Camp Swig counselors and CITs, summer 1975. (Photo/Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff).
Posted inLocal Voice

The lasting impact of a 1975 Camp Swig visit to San Quentin prison

Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff by Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff July 21, 2021
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Posted inAct Two

California’s broken nursing home system broke my heart

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
A social hall under construction in The Shul, a synagogue in Surfside, Florida, is piled high with donations for newly homeless families less than 18 hours after a nearby building collapsed, June 25, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inFirst Person

‘A veritable sigh of relief’: How the global Jewish community is coming together in Surfside

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 30, 2021
Star of David necklaces are a signifier of Jewish identity and, some fear, a potential risk during times of antisemitism. (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inReligion

Conversion students are asking me if it’s safe to become Jewish. This is what I tell them.

Rabbi Ruth Adar by Rabbi Ruth Adar and JTA June 3, 2021
Sophia Salma Shramko is the first Israeli-Bedouin fashion model. She lives in Santa Clara with her husband and children.
Posted inOpinion

Thank you, Israel, from one of your Arab citizens

Sophia Salma Shramko by Sophia Salma Shramko June 1, 2021
(Photo/Pxhere)
Posted inLocal Voice

Mental health during Covid: Be of service and get a ‘helper’s high’

Zoe Stricker by Zoe Stricker May 21, 2021
A dumpster is set on fire in Yafo amid violent protests across Israel, May 11, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Avshalom Sassoni-Flash 90)
Posted inUncategorized

Not a normal Israeli Friday

Alan D. Abbey by Alan D. Abbey May 20, 2021May 20, 2021
Paul Golin, executive director of Society for Humanistic Judaism, with his wife Yurika Mizuno Golin and their son
Posted inOpinion

What it means to be a ‘Jew of No Religion’ — it’s not what you think

Paul Golin by Paul Golin May 19, 2021
Rockets are launched toward Israel from the Gaza Strip early on May 12, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Abed Rahim Khatib-Flash90)
Posted inFirst Person

Each time the sirens sound, it’s just as terrifying

Shlomi Kofman by Shlomi Kofman May 14, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Leila Devine-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Take it from a fat rabbi: Nobody needs your dieting advice

Rabbi Minna Bromberg by Rabbi Minna Bromberg and JTA May 10, 2021

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