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Nissim Black: "I usually daven with an early morning minyan, and then I usually learn for a while. And then I go out to the field and meditate." (Photo/JTA-Tziporah Litman, courtesy of Black)
Posted inMusic

Hasidic rapper Nissim Black opens up about his creative process, spirituality and Covid recovery

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 17, 2020
a lit menorah
Posted inOpinion

From a dark 2020 to a shining 2021

by J. Editorial Board December 17, 2020December 17, 2020
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
Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, established in 1857. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inLetters

Gold Country reporting trip is a hit; Hooray for Quentin Kopp; Sore about Soros; etc.

by J. Readers December 10, 2020December 10, 2020
The New York Times building on Eighth Avenue in New York City. (Photo/Flickr-samchills)
Posted inHolidays

Does The New York Times have a Hanukkah problem?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and Jewish Week December 9, 2020December 9, 2020
Members of the Proud Boys flash a hand gesture associated with white supremacy at a pro-Trump rally in Sacramento on Nov. 28, 2020. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inEditorial

We need a big-tent antifascist movement

by J. Editorial Board December 9, 2020
A family walks into the sunset on the beach with their young daughter
Posted inOpinion

My mom is Japanese and my dad is Jewish. Their love is not a punchline.

Hanah Bloom by Hanah Bloom and JTA December 7, 2020
Stanford University (Photo/File)
Posted inLocal Voice

Israel prepared me for grad school in ways I never imagined

Hunter Johnson by Hunter Johnson December 4, 2020December 7, 2020

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