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Posted inFirst Person

What working as a prosecutor has taught me about Yom Kippur

by JTA and Anonymous October 1, 2019September 27, 2019
The writer's son, Coby, at the Western Wall
Posted inLocal Voice

Getting a close-up view of my son’s purpose-filled life in Israel

Sloane Citron by Sloane Citron September 26, 2019
(From left) Beth Kissileff, writer of this piece; her husband, Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, a survivor of the Oct. 31, 2018 shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh; and Pitssburgh Mayor Bill Peduto at Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church during a service for victims of the mass shooting. (Photo/JTA-Salwan Georges-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

My congregation prayed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Here’s how we are coping this Rosh Hashanah.

Beth Kissileff by Beth Kissileff and JTA September 24, 2019September 26, 2019
Hal Redsun as a Navy medic in 1946 (Photo/Courtesy Hal Redsun)
Posted inFirst Person

A sailor remembers High Holidays in 1946 in Guantanamo, Cuba

Hal Redsun today (Photo/Alan J. Manewitz-AJM Photo) by Harold Redsun September 24, 2019September 23, 2019
The Adas Israel Congregation in Duluth, Minn., burned down of yet unknown causes, Sept. 9, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Duluth News Tribune Screenshot)
Posted inFirst Person

My family synagogue burned down in Minnesota this week. We lost much more than a building.

Sarah Rose by Sarah Rose and JTA September 11, 2019
JCC Krakow director Jonathan Ornstein shows off the center's preschool books. (Photo/Gunda Trepp)
Posted inLocal Voice

Up close and personal with Poland’s Jewish revival

Susan Moldaw by Susan Moldaw September 9, 2019September 9, 2019
Yiscah Smith, now a teacher at Pardes in Jerusalem, uses her journey to authentic living and experiences as a trans woman to inspire her students. (Photo/Courtesy Smith)
Posted inFirst Person

After decades as an Orthodox man, I’m now the religious woman I was born to be

Yiscah Smith by JTA and Yiscah Smith September 3, 2019September 5, 2019
When you assume a woman only converted to get married, you are forsaking the mitzvah of welcoming the stranger, writes a Jewish Orthodox convert. (Photo/JTA-Olga Efimova-EyeEm)
Posted inOpinion

Stop saying women convert to Judaism just for marriage

Kylie Ora Lobell by JTA and Kylie Ora Lobell August 30, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar has made wearing a headscarf seem fashionable, chic and powerful. (Photo/JTA-Tom Williams-CQ Roll Call)
Posted inFirst Person

How Ilhan Omar inspired this Orthodox woman to start wearing a headscarf

Rachel Wizenfeld by Rachel Wizenfeld and JTA August 28, 2019
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Posted inFirst Person

I wish I didn’t need to prove myself as a patrilineal Jew

by JTA and Shoshannah Tikvah August 27, 2019August 27, 2019

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