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Posted inLocal Voice

For Jews of color, this election is about our right to exist

Aaron Mitchell Finegold by Aaron Mitchell Finegold October 28, 2020
The Sarna family in the United Arab Emirates with Mohamed al Mubarak, chair of the Abu Dhabi department of culture and tourism. (Photo/Courtesy Michelle Waldman Sarna)
Posted inOpinion

What I’ve learned about UAE culture as the chief rabbi’s wife

Michelle Waldman Sarna by Michelle Waldman Sarna October 26, 2020
Left: Israelis protest in support of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, May 24, 2020 (Photo/JTA-Amir Levy-Getty Images). Right: A woman protesting the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo/JTA-Jason Armond-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

My two homes — Israel and the U.S. — feel like they’re in collapse. What do I do next?

Ben Hartman by Ben Hartman and JTA October 21, 2020October 21, 2020
eight men in military uniform carry a casket draped in an American flag
Posted inAnalysis

‘Jew’ isn’t a slur. So why do so many people avoid saying it?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
Marcy Oster, back center, with her family. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Oster)
Posted inOpinion

Student, soldier, doctor, teacher: How my family sits at the intersection of Israel’s Covid-19 crisis

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA October 7, 2020October 8, 2020
Jewish men gather in a communal sukkah in a displaced person's camp in Amberg, Germany, October 1947.
 (Photo/U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum-Courtesy of Abraham Malach)
Posted inHolidays

75 years ago, my parents and other Holocaust survivors celebrated Sukkot on their own terms

Menachem Z. Rosensaft by Menachem Z. Rosensaft and JTA October 1, 2020October 1, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg chats with her granddaughter Clara in the documentary "RBG." (Photo/Courtesy Magnolia Pictures)
Posted inOpinion

Let RBG’s memory be a blessing — and an inspiration

Hannah Lukanuski by Hannah Lukanuski September 22, 2020September 22, 2020
an RBG action figure holding a US flag
Posted inOpinion

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was our superhero. Here’s how we keep going.

by Carly Pildis September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
A Persian Rosh Hashanah Seder (Header image design by Grace Yagel; original illustration by art-skvortsova/Getty images)
Posted inOpinion

Even this year, I am excited for my Mizrachi Rosh Hashanah seder

Donna Maher by Donna Maher and JTA September 14, 2020
Alisa Flatow was killed by terrorism in Israel in 1995.
Posted inUncategorized

Why in the name of my daughter is S.F. State hosting a terrorist?

Stephen M. Flatow by Stephen M. Flatow September 11, 2020September 14, 2020

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