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Rep. Ilhan Omar has made wearing a headscarf seem fashionable, chic and powerful. (Photo/JTA-Tom Williams-CQ Roll Call)
Posted inFirst Person

How Ilhan Omar inspired this Orthodox woman to start wearing a headscarf

Rachel Wizenfeld by Rachel Wizenfeld and JTA August 28, 2019
(Photo/JTA-Francesco Carta fotografo-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

I wish I didn’t need to prove myself as a patrilineal Jew

by JTA and Shoshannah Tikvah August 27, 2019August 27, 2019
Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks at the NAACP convention in Detroit, July 22, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Bill Pugliano-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Tlaib and Omar, for and against; ethnic studies in the ’70s; climate is an existential crisis; etc.

by J. Readers August 26, 2019
President Donald Trump walks at the White House, Aug. 20, 2019. (JTA/Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inEditorial

Calling Jewish Dems disloyal is needlessly divisive — and dangerous

by J. Editorial Board August 22, 2019
(Photo/JTA-Maor Winetrob-iStock-Getty Images Plus) 
Posted inFirst Person

As a Jewish teen in the Bible Belt, I face anti-Semitism all the time

by Sam Berndt August 21, 2019
We shouldn't be so quick to pat ourselves on the back for welcoming interfaith families, writes Edmund Case. (Photo/Flickr-alborzshawn CC BY 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized

Welcome mat for interfaith families needs more unrolling

Edmund Case by Edmund Case August 21, 2019
Saint Benedict, as depicted in the stained glass at the English Benedictine monastery Downside Abbey
Posted inLocal Voice

How a 5th-century Christian saint can help us save the Jews

Ari Hoffman by Ari Hoffman August 20, 2019August 21, 2019
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before direct peace talks in Washington, D.C., in Sept. 2010 (Photo/JTA-Getty-Jason Reed-Pool)
Posted inUncategorized

The two-state solution isn’t dead yet

Stephen Jacobs by Steve Jacobs August 19, 2019August 20, 2019
The divergent responses to anti-Semitism coming from Reps. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat, and Tom Emmer, a Republican, tell us a lot about America, writes law professor David Schraub.
Posted inLocal Voice

Left or right, pro-Israel positions don’t excuse anti-Semitism

David Schraub by JTA and David Schraub August 16, 2019August 16, 2019
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on right, meeting with Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s middle east peace envoy, at the Arab League Summit in Amman, Jordan, March 28, 2017. (Photo/Palestinian Presidency-Thaer Ghanaim)
Posted inOpinion

Israeli-Palestinian peace will take more than Jason Greenblatt’s tweets

Eran Nissan by JTA and Eran Nissan August 15, 2019August 15, 2019

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