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First Person

Mort Elkins (center) in his Army Air Corps uniform. (COURTESY MATT ELKINS)
Posted inLocal Voice

My parents, McCarthyism and how ‘the unthinkable is always possible’

Matt Elkins by Matt Elkins March 17, 2020March 16, 2020
lit yahrzeit candles
Posted inFirst Person

Being an end-of-life volunteer helped me in many ways

Laurie Barkin by Laurie Barkin March 16, 2020March 16, 2020
Businessmen talking in secrecy. (JTA/GETTY)
Posted inOpinion

A year ago, I said #MeToo. Purim reminds me of all we haven’t learned.

Sheila Katz by Sheila Katz March 9, 2020March 9, 2020
The author is tested for coronavirus while under quarantine in Israel. (JTA/COURTESY HEILMAN)
Posted inOpinion

My family is among the 80,000 Israelis in quarantine. Here’s how we’re staying sane.

Uri Heilman by Uriel Heilman March 6, 2020March 6, 2020
Five-year-old Greta Salmi as Queen Esther.
Posted inPurim

An eye-opening moment for a 5-year-old Queen Esther (me)

Greta Salmi by Greta Salmi March 3, 2020March 2, 2020
Men wearing suits portraying haredi Jews with an ant's abdomen and legs at the annual procession of the carnival in Aalst, Belgium, Feb. 23, 2020. (JTA/Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

I enjoyed the Belgian carnival that featured anti-Semitic floats. Then I searched for homes in Israel.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 26, 2020
Climate change is already affecting California, with fire season getting longer and more destructive, as seen in this photo of
the Fort Sage Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, which was closed temporarily in July 2017 due to fires.
 (Photo/Courtesy Bureau of Land Management)
Posted inOpinion

In 2020 election, American Zionists must make climate change their top priority

Rabbi Jonah Rank by Rabbi Jonah Rank February 25, 2020February 27, 2020
Part of the Yiddish alphabet. (Flickr-Paul Dooley CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized

Using this Yiddish word is an art that anyone can master

by Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg February 12, 2020
From "Abraham Sees Sodom in Flames" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inYouth Voice

Was Abraham autistic?

Meyer Lewis by Meyer Lewis February 12, 2020
(JTA/We Are via Getty Images)
Posted inJewish Life

I’m done passing as a matrilineal Jew

by Rabbi Emily Cohen February 5, 2020February 5, 2020

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