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Writer Katherine Ellison
Posted inLocal Voice

My sons’ military service in Israel has changed my perspective

Katherine Ellison by Katherine Ellison March 15, 2019March 15, 2019
people sit smiling in a crowd as they take in a learning session
Posted inUncategorized

How a culture of volunteerism creates vibrant communities

Mila WichterEli Ovits by Mila Wichter and Eli Ovits March 14, 2019March 14, 2019
three young women (including two blind lead singers) and five young men stand around a drum set with the Shalva Band logo on it, smiling and posing; a young man with Down syndrome holds his hands up in a heart shape
Posted inMusic

Why this Israeli band of disabled musicians said no to Eurovision

Gil Stein by Gil Stein March 13, 2019March 13, 2019
A shack housing a family whose home in the village of Umm al-Khair was demolished by Israel, seen in 2012. (Photo/Wikimedia-Friends123 CC0)
Posted inOpinion

Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the kaleidoscope

George Altshuler by George Altshuler February 27, 2019
Rabbi Meir Kahane at a press conference, Aug. 31, 1984. (Photo/JTA-Gene Kappock-NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
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Embracing Kahanist extremism crosses a red line

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn February 25, 2019February 25, 2019
Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf with the leader of a collective of midwives in Guatemala
Posted inOpinion

Guatemalan midwives taught me the meaning of moral courage

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf February 20, 2019February 20, 2019
selfie of a young black woman in Israel
Posted inFirst Person

Birthright while Black: a revealing experience

Shekhiynah Larks by Shekhiynah Larks February 19, 2019February 19, 2019
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In an epidemic of loneliness, celebrate the role of the Jewish burial society

Rabbi Serena Eisenberg by Rabbi Serena Eisenberg February 13, 2019February 14, 2019
"The Circumcision of Isaac," Regensburg Pentateuch, ca. 1300
Posted inLocal Voice

Brit milah is a sacred connection to past, present, future

Jeff Saperstein by Jeff Saperstein February 12, 2019February 20, 2019
Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student, arrives at a Tel Aviv District court, Oct. 11, 2018. She was being held in detention at Israel’s international airport over allegations that she promotes a boycott against the Jewish state. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Alster-Flash90)
Posted inLocal Voice

Academic boycott of Israel is bad, but don’t ignore the facts on the ground

David Biale by David Biale February 5, 2019February 5, 2019

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