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People at a memorial service at North Central University in Minneapolis pause silently for eight minutes and 46 seconds in honor of George Floyd, June 4, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Stephen Maturen-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

What I heard at George Floyd’s memorial service broke me

Rabbi Aaron Weininger by Rabbi Aaron Weininger June 5, 2020June 5, 2020
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Posted inOpinion

I helped coin the term ‘Jews of color.’ It’s time for a history lesson.

by Shahanna McKinney-Baldon June 4, 2020
Clockwise from top left: April Baskin, Anthony Russell, Yitz Jordan and Tema Smith. (Photos/Baskin: Jill Peltzman; Russell: Courtesy Russell; Jordan: Courtesy Jordan; Smith: Courtesy Smith)
Posted inOpinion

‘Believe us’: Black Jews respond to the George Floyd protests, in their own words

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA June 1, 2020
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In times like these, it’s important to have a raison d’être

by Dr. Jerry Saliman May 5, 2020
Jody Passanisi and her kids
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The means of community have changed, the meaning has not

Jody Passanisi by Jody Passanisi May 4, 2020
An elderly man leaves a metro station in Rome, April 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Antonio Masiello-Getty Images)
Posted inSeniors

When did elderly people like me become disposable?

Paul Socken by Paul Socken April 28, 2020
Yossi Fendel with his wife Tamar Fendel and their children (from left to right) Shoshana, Ari and Amir in Skagway, Alaska (Photo/Yossi Fendel)
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A brutal lesson of perseverance for our kids — and us, too

Yossi Fendel by Yossi Fendel April 22, 2020
Morgan Spector, center, as Herman Levin, and Zoe Kazan, right, as Bess Levin, in HBO's "The Plot Against America." (Photo/Michele K. Short-HBO)
Posted inTV & Film

I cover anti-Semitism on a daily basis. This is why ‘The Plot Against America’ is the scariest show I’ve ever seen.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 22, 2020
Placing stones on a headstone at a Jewish cemetery honors the deceased. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

What it’s like to officiate a funeral in New York right now

Rabbi Jonah Geffen by Rabbi Jonah Geffen April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
a seder plate with shank, egg, maror, haroset, parsley and and orange
Posted inPassover

Shankbone, matzah and maror had special significance this year

Ilana Cartun Tunca by Ilana Cartun Tunca April 16, 2020April 16, 2020

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