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An early group of Youth Aliyah refugees arrive in Israel through the Port of Haifa. (Photo/Israel Government Press Office CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Safe rooms and powdered eggs in the shadow of independence

Raphael Danziger by Raphael Danziger April 3, 2018April 4, 2018
Tamar Zaken in her Israeli army days
Posted inIsrael at 70

At the bus stop, waiting for the messiah (or something like it)

Tamar Zaken by Tamar Zaken April 3, 2018April 4, 2018
A young girl clutches a friend during candlelight vigil for victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Feb. 15, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Mark Wilson-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I’m 16. Here’s why I’m joining the national anti-gun school walkout

Zella Lezak by Zella Lezak March 12, 2018March 14, 2018
Ruben Arquilevich, executive director of URJ Camp Newman, with his new good luck charm: a hamsa from the ashes of the fire-ravaged summer camp. (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inOpinion

I found my good luck charm in the ashes of Camp Newman

Ruben Arquilevich by Ruben Arquilevich March 5, 2018
Ilana Kaufman on her recent walk from La Jolla to Mexico (Photo/Ilana Kaufman)
Posted inFirst Person, Columns, Opinion

Lessons in mindfulness and leadership on the walk from La Jolla to Mexico

Ilana Kaufman by Ilana Kaufman January 18, 2018January 18, 2018
Cody Decker of the Israeli baseball team with a life-sized Mensch on a Bench, March 9, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Chung Sung-Jun-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Here’s why we need to stop talking about who’s ‘more Jewish’

Rachel Minkowsky by Rachel Minkowsky January 5, 2018January 5, 2018
Pieter and Debra Bogaards cycling through the Negev Desert (Photo/Blaine Land)
Posted inOpinion

Discovering a deep connection to the land of Israel — from my bicycle seat

Debra Bogaards by Debra Bogaards December 5, 2017December 5, 2017
From left to right: A villainous Bernie Bernstein from the cartoon “Powerpuff Girls,” Bernie Sanders and Carl Bernstein. (Illustration/JTA collage-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

What happened when I tried to speak to Bernie Bernstein — any Bernie Bernstein

Ben Sales by Ben Sales November 17, 2017
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin addresses the 2017 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in his first major talk to a Jewish audience outside Israel (Photo/Jeffrey Brown-JFNA)
Posted inOpinion

Federations rally around pluralism — but wish they didn’t have to

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 14, 2017January 12, 2018
A set of questions to parliament members by Holland’s Denk party, which charges JTA reporter Cnaan Liphshiz and the “Israel lobby” with defamation, included an illustration deemed anti-Semitic by the country’s top anti-Semitism watchdog.
Posted inOpinion

I was just accused of being an Israeli spy in the Dutch parliament

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz November 9, 2017November 9, 2017

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