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Adah Forer in Israel
Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

My heart was in the East. Now, my body is too.

Adah Forer by Adah Forer May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
(Photo/Pxhere)
Posted inFirst Person

Judaism saved me from myself during my manic episode

Juliette Hirt by Juliette Hirt May 6, 2019
Carole Priven's tattoo is a copy of the one that was forced on her late husband at Auschwitz.
Posted inYom HaShoah

Your tattoo was forced on you at Auschwitz. Mine honors your memory.

Carole Priven by Carole Priven April 30, 2019May 2, 2019
A woman in blue scrubs (Sandberg) stands next to another woman in blue scrubs wearing a stethoscope. they are standing outside of a small building labeled "pediatric ward." a local woman with a baby is walking into the building.
Posted inFirst Person

Lessons from practicing medicine in a refugee camp

Michelle Sandberg by Michelle Sandberg April 24, 2019April 24, 2019
Two women kneel pensively on a path near headstones and open grass
Posted inUncategorized

Memory Garden will be a place of healing for grieving parents

Tad Taube by Tad Taube April 23, 2019
an off iPhone sitting on a white surface
Posted inLocal Voice

The benefits of unplugging on Shabbat last all week

Tiffany Shlain by Tiffany Shlain April 12, 2019
stacks of kippot in all sizes and colors at a market in Israel
Posted inFirst Person

As a woman, wearing a kippah is a transgressive act

Patricia Keer Munro by Patricia Keer Munro April 10, 2019April 11, 2019
Rami Kripke-Ludwig
Posted inYouth Voice

I do not speak, but I am listening. Talking about others hurts us all.

Rami Kripke-Ludwig by Rami Kripke-Ludwig April 3, 2019April 3, 2019
JTA's Netherlands-based Europe correspondent, Cnaan Liphshiz, is one of many native Israeli citizens abroad forced to travel to the Jewish state to vote in elections. (Photo/Courtesy Liphshiz)
Posted inAnalysis

For Israelis abroad, elections start with a scramble for airplane tickets

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by JTA and Cnaan Liphshiz April 2, 2019April 2, 2019
Screenshot from Canary Mission's entry on Sophie Hurwitz
Posted inOpinion

When Canary Mission came for me, my hometown JCRC had my back

Sophie Hurwitz by Sophie Hurwitz April 1, 2019April 1, 2019

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