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President Andrzej Duda of Poland speaks to the media in front of remains of the Berlin Wall, Nov. 9, 2019. (Photo/JTA-John Macdougall-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Trump’s stamp of approval helped re-elect Poland’s bigoted president

headshot of Fred Rosenbaum by Fred Rosenbaum July 17, 2020
Lin-Manuel Miranda in "Hamilton" (Screenshot/Disney-YouTube)
Posted inOpinion

Watching ‘Hamilton’ as an Israeli in America

Tomer Persico by Tomer Persico July 16, 2020July 16, 2020
a small green plant bud pokes out of a small crack in asphalt
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

We’ve got what it takes to endure these difficult days

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz July 15, 2020July 20, 2020
black and white photos of a black man in a baseball cap and a white man in a baseball cap
Posted inSports

What Hank Greenberg’s friendship with Jackie Robinson can teach us today

by Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove July 14, 2020
A laptop with Zoom open on it next to a lit yahrzeit candle
Posted inOpinion

The agony of the Covid-19 obituarist

by Sam Sokol July 13, 2020July 13, 2020
Satya Zamudio, 15, is urging Oakland's school board to eliminate its police force. (Photo/Rucha Chitnis)
Posted inOpinion

Inequality in the burbs; Our pandemic reporting; JCCs need new funding model; Jews are safe in Hungary; etc.

by J. Readers July 10, 2020July 10, 2020
Signs reminding people to maintain appropriate distance are spread around the room at Chabad in Berkeley. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inEditorial

Thinking of reopening? Listen to the science. Follow Jewish values.

by J. Editorial Board July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
landscape photo of a dusky sunset over a lake
Posted inColumns

Will there ever be another family summer like this one?

by Julie Levine July 9, 2020
(Graphic/JTA-illustration by Grace Yagel; photos by United Artists-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

We simply do not need another ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

by A.R. Vishny July 8, 2020
A woman walks with her child in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, April 26, 2020. (Photo/JTA-David Vaaknin for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I’m an Israeli settler. American Jews are debating my future, but here’s what they don’t understand.

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski by Rabbi Uri Pilichowski July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

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