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The scene at the entrance to Emancipation Park during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Charlottesville Jews stand strong — no thanks to the police

Alan Zimmerman by Alan Zimmerman August 17, 2017
Izzy Ullmann with the matriarch of a Tibetan family that helped her find a way to make Shabbat in China
Posted inFirst Person

Cobbling together a Jewish life in China, just like my grandparents

Izzy Ullmann by Izzy Ullmann August 16, 2017August 21, 2017
White supremacists rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 12, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inOpinion

Hate in Charlottesville: The day the Nazi called me Shlomo

by Ron Kampeas August 14, 2017
A Jewish tombstone built into the side of a building in Thessaloniki, Greece (Photo/Zack Bodner)
Posted inFirst Person, Local Voice, Opinion

Repurposed or repugnant? Old Jewish tombstones find new life in Greek city

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner July 6, 2017July 6, 2017
three kids stand together
Posted inFirst Person, Opinion

Mourning Elliot, a homeless Jew I knew, as deserving of respect as any of us

by Judah Rosen June 21, 2017June 21, 2017
her father smiles while her mother holds up baby rose
Posted inFirst Person, Local Voice, Youth Voice, Opinion

Where do I, an immigrant in an American Jewish family, truly belong?

Rose Teplitz by Rose Teplitz June 13, 2017June 13, 2017
Two Japanese men sit at a seder table wearing kippot
Posted inFirst Person, Opinion

Seder in Kyoto: Hold the wasabi, pass the squash soup

by Andy Altman-Ohr and Stacey Roberts-Ohr April 12, 2017
the family stands together smiling, next to a large stone relief of a menorah
Posted inFirst Person, Opinion

A familiar face in an ancient cave

Andrea Sobel by Andrea Sobel March 31, 2017April 12, 2017
Interior of the synagogue, intricately decorated in turquoise and gold
Posted inFirst Person, Opinion

My Ashkenazi eyes get a rare glimpse into Jewish Iran

Ron Lezell by Ron Lezell March 22, 2017March 22, 2017
Posted inUncategorized

A backyard rooster’s trip to the halal slaughterer

Patricia Keer Munro by Patricia Keer Munro December 16, 2016April 10, 2019

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