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Opinion

U.S.-Mexico border at Nogales. (Rokeya Akhter)
Posted inLocal Voice

What kind of country does this?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 18, 2020February 18, 2020
Part of the Yiddish alphabet. (Flickr-Paul Dooley CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized

Using this Yiddish word is an art that anyone can master

by Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg February 12, 2020
From "Abraham Sees Sodom in Flames" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inYouth Voice

Was Abraham autistic?

Meyer Lewis by Meyer Lewis February 12, 2020
The Arab League held an emergency meeting to discuss the U.S.-brokered proposal for a settlement of the Middle East conflict at the league headquarters in Cairo, Feb. 1, 2020. (JTA/Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

As a former Israeli lawmaker, I know Trump’s peace plan won’t work. But it could strengthen Arab-Israeli relations.

Einat Wilf by Einat Wilf February 10, 2020
Alan Dershowitz at NEP Studios in New York, Feb. 3, 2016 (Photo/JTA-John Lamparski-Getty Images for Hulu)
Posted inLetters

Title VI expansion is bad for the Jews; Dershowitz is bad for the Jews; Bernie is bad for America; etc.

by J. Readers February 7, 2020February 10, 2020
JOC leaders invited to a think tank convened by the Leichtag Foundation in September 2016, including Ilana Kaufman (top right)
Posted inEditorial, Opinion, Philanthropy

More Jews of color in leadership positions is good for us all

by J. Editorial Board February 6, 2020
President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near the Oval Office of the White House, Jan 27, 2020. (JTA/Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Why Americans should support the Trump-Kushner peace plan

Quentin KoppCarol Ruth Silver by Quentin Kopp and Carol Ruth Silver February 5, 2020
(JTA/We Are via Getty Images)
Posted inJewish Life

I’m done passing as a matrilineal Jew

by Rabbi Emily Cohen February 5, 2020February 5, 2020
The Neve Menachem settlement in the West Bank. (Photo/JTA-Gili Yaari-Flash 90)
Posted inOpinion

View from the settlements: Trump’s peace plan puts our communities in danger

David Ha’ivri by David Ha’ivri February 4, 2020
A group from the Osher Marin JCC visiting Cuba, Jan. 2020. (Fred Greene)
Posted inFirst Person

We found strength, camaraderie and happiness among Cuba’s Jews

Marc Dollinger by Marc Dollinger February 3, 2020February 19, 2020

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