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Hershel Herzberg married Dorothy Crews at the Israeli embassy in Nigeria, where both served in the Peace Corps between 1961-1963. (Photo/Courtesy Sam Herzberg)
Posted inOpinion

I’ve been the family historian for 20 years. Here’s our story.

Sam Herzberg by Sam Herzberg December 16, 2020December 15, 2020
The author's father, James Rice, in 1946 at a camp housing Jewish orphans nicknamed New Palestine. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Rice)
Posted inOpinion

Saying goodbye to Trump’s immigration policy while remembering the Jewish refugees of post-war Europe

Michael Rice by Michael Rice December 15, 2020
Janet Silver Ghent sporting her new look. (Photo/Courtesy Silver Ghent)
Posted inOpinion

Thanks to the pandemic, I’m finally learning to live with my gray hair

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent December 11, 2020December 11, 2020
Stanford University (Photo/File)
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Israel prepared me for grad school in ways I never imagined

Hunter Johnson by Hunter Johnson December 4, 2020December 7, 2020
Shayna Dollinger at Wesleyan University where she is a junior. (Photo/Courtesy  Dollinger)
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My pandemic year in college has brought pride and purpose

Shayna Dollinger (Courtesy) by Shayna Dollinger December 3, 2020December 4, 2020
Elior Amar, Jewish Agency Israel Fellow at UC Santa Cruz Hillel, at the 2020 AIPAC conference. (Photo/Courtesy Amar)
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In Santa Cruz, building a college pro-Israel community in challenging times

Elior Amar by Elior Amar November 30, 2020December 3, 2020
a man stands speaking at a podium. a banner in the background reads "A VIBRANT DIASPORA"
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Zionism 3.0: Time to step it up on Israel-diaspora issues

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner November 17, 2020December 2, 2020
The "Milk + Honey" Shabbat service at Burning Man in 2018. (Photo/Michael Fox)
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Today’s youth are seekers, so let’s creatively show them Judaism

Suzanne Dryan Felson by Suzanne Dryan Felson November 9, 2020November 11, 2020
"The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah," John Martin, 1852
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Enough already, or cancel culture will come for the Hebrew Bible

David Perlstein by David Perlstein November 6, 2020
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) with President Bill Clinton and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat during the signing of the Oslo I Accord in 1993. (Photo/Israel Defense Forces)
Posted inHistory

25 years later: Rabin’s murder marked Israel’s loss of innocence

by Sue Fishkoff November 2, 2020

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