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Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris,  at a campaign rally in Denver, Oct. 8, 2020. (Photo/Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Harris’ stepdaughter accidentally highlights the complexity of Jewish identity

Loolwa Khazzoom by Loolwa Khazzoom February 15, 2021February 15, 2021
Tiffany Woolf with longtime family friend Larry King.
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Saying so long to Larry King, a family friend I interviewed last year

Tiffany Woolf by Tiffany Woolf January 29, 2021
(Photo/JTA-Tzahiv-Getty Images; design by Grace Yagel)
Posted inFirst Person

Shortly after I began converting to Judaism, I found myself in a hot tub full of neo-Nazis

Caleb A. Guedes-Reed by Caleb Guedes-Reed and JTA January 25, 2021
A roadblock at Pennsylvania Avenue and 19th Street on the day of Joe Biden's presidential inauguration in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inAnalysis

Joe Biden’s inauguration was replete with anxiety, and a lot of it was Jewish

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 21, 2021
Trump supporters near the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. Some stormed the building, breaking windows and clashing with police. (Photo/JTA-Shay Horse-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Being a Black Jewish woman in America on Jan. 6

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo January 12, 2021January 13, 2021
A pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo/JTA-Samuel Corum-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The Jewish prayer for the government came alive for me in a new way yesterday

Rabbi Menachem Creditor by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and JTA January 7, 2021January 8, 2021
Rabbi Lauren Henderson (left) and another student look at source sheets at a Jewish learning session at Base Hillel Chicago, November 2016. (Photo/Couretsy Hillel International)
Posted inEducation

I resisted the call to include non-male voices every time I taught Torah. Then I tried it.

Avigayil Halpern by Avigayil Halpern and JTA January 5, 2021January 8, 2021
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Photo/JTA-Courtesy)
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I wouldn’t be who I am today without the UK’s late Rabbi Sacks

Rabbi Darren Kleinberg by Rabbi Darren Kleinberg January 4, 2021January 5, 2021
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My Jewish family has spent every Christmas with our close Catholic friends since 1966

Sarah Jae Leiber by Sarah Jae Leiber and JTA December 23, 2020December 28, 2020
Hershel Herzberg married Dorothy Crews at the Israeli embassy in Nigeria, where both served in the Peace Corps between 1961-1963. (Photo/Courtesy Sam Herzberg)
Posted inOpinion

I’ve been the family historian for 20 years. Here’s our story.

Sam Herzberg by Sam Herzberg December 16, 2020December 15, 2020

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