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The Unetaneh Tokef prayer in Mahzor Lev Shalem (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJewish Life

May the Days of Awe help us embrace what’s important

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 2, 2019September 27, 2019
interior of a wood-paneled courtroom
Posted inFirst Person

What working as a prosecutor has taught me about Yom Kippur

by JTA and Anonymous October 1, 2019September 27, 2019
The writer's son, Coby, at the Western Wall
Posted inLocal Voice

Getting a close-up view of my son’s purpose-filled life in Israel

Sloane Citron by Sloane Citron September 26, 2019
(From left) Beth Kissileff, writer of this piece; her husband, Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, a survivor of the Oct. 31, 2018 shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh; and Pitssburgh Mayor Bill Peduto at Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church during a service for victims of the mass shooting. (Photo/JTA-Salwan Georges-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

My congregation prayed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Here’s how we are coping this Rosh Hashanah.

Beth Kissileff by Beth Kissileff and JTA September 24, 2019September 26, 2019
Hal Redsun as a Navy medic in 1946 (Photo/Courtesy Hal Redsun)
Posted inFirst Person

A sailor remembers High Holidays in 1946 in Guantanamo, Cuba

Hal Redsun today (Photo/Alan J. Manewitz-AJM Photo) by Harold Redsun September 24, 2019September 23, 2019
A police officer stands guard outside Temple Sinai, a synagogue just a half-mile away from the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh, the site of a mass shooting on Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Swensen-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

How we’re working to prevent another synagogue shooting

by Michael Masters September 23, 2019September 23, 2019
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz during his first psilocybin experience at Johns Hopkins University (Photo/Courtesy Kamenetz)
Posted inLetters

Meat and cheese!?; Barbie Death Camp, for and against; High Holiday shrooms

by J. Readers September 20, 2019September 20, 2019
a black and white image of schneerson superimposed over an image of solar panels
Posted inReligion

What we can learn from the Lubavitcher Rebbe about climate change

Philip Wexler by Philip Wexler and JTA September 19, 2019September 19, 2019
gantz in uniform next to netanyahu
Posted inEditorial

In an Israel divided, a unity government is the best way forward

by J. Editorial Board September 18, 2019September 18, 2019
a line of young people on camels
Posted inOpinion

Why doesn’t Birthright pay its non-Israeli trip leaders?

Eli Reiter by Eli Reiter and JTA September 17, 2019

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