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A group from the Osher Marin JCC visiting Cuba, Jan. 2020. (Fred Greene)
Posted inFirst Person

We found strength, camaraderie and happiness among Cuba’s Jews

Marc Dollinger by Marc Dollinger February 3, 2020February 19, 2020
Max Hauser in Israel.
Posted inCulture

Chasing show business from California to Israel, via Tel Aviv’s LGBT film fest

Max Hauser by Max Hauser January 30, 2020
four women and one man toil in a field of dirt
Posted inLocal Voice

I cried tears of relief when Reform Jews embraced slavery reparations

Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller by Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller January 29, 2020
Julius Silber (Courtesy Katie Figulla)
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The spy who fell off my family tree — and nearly got away

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent January 21, 2020January 27, 2020
Three curly-haired Jews. (JTA/Getty Images)
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Our natural curly hair isn’t ugly or ‘unprofessional.’ It’s who we are.

Rachel Jacoby RosenfieldMaital Friedman by Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield, Maital Friedman and JTA January 15, 2020January 15, 2020
(JTA/Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

As a black Jew, I’m being forced to walk a tightrope after the Monsey attack

Shekhiynah Larks by Shekhiynah Larks January 8, 2020January 8, 2020
Dan Schifrin and daughter Elia overlooking the Spanish city of Toledo.
Posted inFirst Person

I had unfinished business in Spain, going back 500 years

Dan Schifrin by Dan Schifrin January 2, 2020January 7, 2020
Ram Dass, right, born Richard Albert, with his friend Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. (Joan Halifax/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inReligion

Discovering Ram Dass the Jew

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz by Rabbi Zac Kamenetz December 24, 2019
A memorial for the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. (Photo/JTA-Hane Grace Yagel)
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Up close and personal with Pittsburgh

Stephanie Levin by Stephanie Levin December 19, 2019
A damaged Torah scroll at Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills. (Twitter-@samyerbi)
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The Torah at my childhood synagogue was desecrated. But we’re still standing.

Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh by Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh December 18, 2019December 18, 2019

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