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The scene outside La Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, bedecked with Tunisian flags for the annual Lag B'Omer pilgrimage. (Photo/Adam Eilath)
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A broken peace left my family’s heritage trip in shards

Adam Eilath by Adam Eilath May 10, 2024May 10, 2024
Drake performs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto in 2016. (Photo/Flickr-The Come Up Show CC BY-ND 2.0)
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Drake lost the Great Rap War of 2024 — and so did Jews

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 9, 2024May 13, 2024
Military vehicles and cows are common sights in the Golan Heights, but are usually not seen together. (Photo/JTA-Uriel Heilman)
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Reporter’s notebook: Covering Israel’s war-torn north is an exercise in dodging danger

Uri Heilman by Uriel Heilman May 3, 2024May 3, 2024
Marra Gad speaking at The Baldwin School in Pennsylvania, March 7, 2024. (Photo/Courtesy The Baldwin School)
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I was discouraged from applying to cantorial school. I still found my voice.

Marra B. Gad by Marra B. Gad March 26, 2024April 3, 2024
Sde Yoav in Israel (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
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Why Israelis and American Jews feel so isolated and alone

by Inbal Frankenstein March 7, 2024March 7, 2024
Man looks through hole in a wall
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Our history and values compel us to speak out for asylum seekers

by Rabbi Mona Alfi, Rabbi Julie Bressler, Rabbi Chaim Koritzinsky, Rabbi Jill Perlman and Rabbi Jeremy Simons February 29, 2024March 1, 2024
Sather Gate at UC Berkeley
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Mob violence at UC Berkeley shows free speech doesn’t exist for Zionists

Daniel J Solomon by Daniel J. Solomon February 27, 2024February 28, 2024
Two women blow out birthday candles, as one woman holds an infant
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Gazans deserve normal lives, just like you and I do

Emma Pearlman
Gaza,  opinion by Emma Pearlman February 22, 2024February 26, 2024
Family of five in front of a stone arch
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My family trip to Israel made me realize I’ve felt so alone

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman February 21, 2024February 22, 2024
Daniel Klein, CEO of Jewish Silicon Valley, at the site of the Nova music festival massacre. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Silicon Valley)
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Visiting Israel makes the war and hostage situation more real and urgent

Daniel Klein by Daniel Klein February 8, 2024February 9, 2024

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