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Posted inOpinion

Spending time with unhoused people challenged everything I knew about Sukkot

Hannah Lebovits by Hannah Lebovits and Forward September 24, 2021September 24, 2021
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews' daily vigil in front of the Soviet Consulate, Nov. 24, 1986 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inFirst Person

When I became Jewishly woke

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS September 23, 2021
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in 1915
Posted inLocal Voice

Round 2 of the ‘Ellis Island Jewish Name Game’

Peter Cohen by Peter Cohen September 23, 2021September 29, 2021
Tye Gregory, executive director of the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Relations Council
Posted inLocal Voice

Ethnic studies battle has given us insight, and resolve for the long run

Tyler Gregory by Tye Gregory September 22, 2021
An oil derrick near farm fields in Oklahoma. (Photo/JTA-Sarah Nichols-Flickr Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Shmita is Judaism’s sabbatical year. It can be a model for tackling climate change and inequality.

Sen. Meghan KallmanLex Rofeberg by Sen. Meghan Kallman, Rabbi Lex Rofeberg and JTA September 20, 2021
Sigismund Danielewicz, seen here ca. 1884, was a Jewish union organizer representing seamen and barbers. (Photo/Courtesy UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library)
Posted inLetters

‘Hitler’ review missed point; Recall was a joke; Vile exit from Afghanistan; etc.

by J. Readers September 20, 2021
Cantor David Frommer, formerly of Congregation Sherith Israel, on reserve duty in 2015. (Photo/File)
Posted inOpinion

I served in Afghanistan as an Army chaplain. Jewish wisdom can help us process what comes after withdrawal.

by Cantor David Frommer and Forward September 17, 2021September 17, 2021
Gabriel Greschler on one of his first reporting expeditions for J., to a Wilderness Torah retreat.
Posted inFirst Person

Working at J. has taught me what really matters as a journalist

by Gabriel Greschler September 15, 2021September 15, 2021
The author's grandmother’s French residence permit from 1914 includes a spelling of her husband’s original name, Karolchouk, before he and his brothers changed it to Carroll.
Posted inBooks

No one lost their Jewish last name at Ellis Island. But we gained a safe haven.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA September 15, 2021
(Photo/JTA-Matthias Kulka-Getty Images)
Posted inKids & Family

Why we’re spending the High Holidays traveling the world — virtually

Avi Dresner by Avi Dresner and JTA September 14, 2021September 14, 2021

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