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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
Langer has a long beard and a black hat. The ads feature drawings of a cow with a third eye wearing a bowler hat.
Posted inOpinion

Chabad rabbi’s misreading of the Federation survey’s purpose

Danny Grossman by Danny Grossman February 28, 2018March 2, 2018
A makeshift memorial erected in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., days after the shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead, Feb. 18, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

To fight for gun control, learn to understand the other side

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 26, 2018February 26, 2018
Students and teachers protesting in Tel Aviv against the deportation of African asylum seekers, Jan. 24, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
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Our parents fled their homes for a better life. Israel should welcome Africans who want to do the same.

Rachel BialeDavid Biale by Rachel Biale and David Biale February 23, 2018
More than 1,000 mourners gathered at a Parkland, Florida synagogue on Feb. 16, 2018 for the funeral of Meadow Pollack, 18, one of the 17 students and staff killed in a school shooting this week. (Photo/JTA-WSVNTV)
Posted inOpinion

Helping ‘outcast’ kids not become shooters is our imperative

Abby Porth by Abby Porth February 19, 2018February 19, 2018
Front row, left to right: April Baskin, Lacey Schwartz, Yavilah McCoy, Shais Rishon, Courtney Parker. Back row: Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein, Yehudah Webster, Tiffany Harris, Ilana Kaufman. (Photo/Courtesy Ilana Kaufman)
Posted inColumns, Local Voice, Jewish Life, Opinion, Philanthropy

How we’re making the Jewish community safe for Jews of color

Ilana Kaufman by Ilana Kaufman February 16, 2018February 16, 2018
A Reuben at Katz's Deli in New York — a perfect example of very Jewish, but very un-kosher food (Photo/Flickr-BPPrice CC BY 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish food does not begin and end with kashrut

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross February 15, 2018February 16, 2018
California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White (Photo/Courtesy CSU)
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An open letter to California State University Chancellor Timothy White

Marc DollingerFred Astren by Marc Dollinger and Fred Astren February 12, 2018February 13, 2018
Marianne Glaser (standing at right in blue tallit) at a pro-DACA protest at the nation's capitol in January
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The connection between my dad’s tallit and the Dreamers

Marianne Glaser by Marianne Glaser February 11, 2018February 12, 2018

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