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Dana Sheanin is the CEO of Jewish LearningWorks.
Posted inFirst Person

Jewish life, Covid-19 and the rebuilding power of women

Dana Sheanin (Photo/Courtesy Jewish LearningWorks) by Dana Sheanin April 20, 2021April 27, 2021
Eli Timoner stands with his family, including future rabbi Rachel Timoner, on a plane from the airline he founded.
Posted inOpinion

My father’s lesson: Jews must value labor even when they become management

Rabbi Rachel Timoner by Rabbi Rachel Timoner and JTA April 19, 2021
(Photo/Pxhere)
Posted inEditorial

The unseen mental toll of the pandemic

by J. Editorial Board April 16, 2021
A Palestinian man who works in Israel receives the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel, March 9, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Amir Levy-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

The winemaker fires back; Palestinians and vaccines; Hate in Alameda; Wrong on ethnic studies; Etc.

by J. Readers April 15, 2021April 15, 2021
"Girls with Barbies, East Harlem" by 1970 Camilo J. Vergara. Writer Laura Paull never ventured into Harlem as a kid, until she enrolled in an ethnic studies course that drew lots of Black students. (Photo/Library of Congress-Camilo J. Vergara)
Posted inOpinion

50 years ago, a high school ethnic studies course changed my life

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 13, 2021April 14, 2021
Israeli firefighters in California in September 2020.
Posted inOpinion

Reflecting on a challenging year as Israel turns 73

Shlomi Kofman by Shlomi Kofman April 12, 2021April 13, 2021
Officers taking a group of Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Texas, June 12, 2018. (Photo/JTA-John Moore-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Yom HaShoah and the importance of welcoming the stranger

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel April 7, 2021April 7, 2021
Three partisans in the Vilna ghetto, from left: Rozka Korczak, Abba Kovner and Vitka Kempner.
Posted inLocal Voice

Yom HaShoah and the strength of our ‘Wonder Women’ 

by Yedida Kanfer April 6, 2021April 6, 2021
Randi Weingarten during a March 9 Zoom call with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Posted inColumns, Opinion

Randi Weingarten has a vision to get kids back to school — and strong words for Jews who say unions are the obstacle

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA April 5, 2021April 5, 2021
State Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond speaking to the press Aug. 14 about the state's proposed high school ethnic studies curriculum. (From left) Assemblyman Marc Berman, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Thurmond, Senator Ben Allen, Assemblyman Jose Medina (Photo/Facebook-Abby Porth)
Posted inEducation

Ethnic studies: A meaningful victory in a complicated fight

by J. Editorial Board April 1, 2021

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