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The General Assembly is one of the largest annual gatherings of the organized Jewish world. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Federations of North America)
Posted inOpinion

Why big Jewish events need more women speakers, and how to make it happen

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz October 11, 2017
Concertgoers at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip following a mass shooting attack, Oct. 1, 2017. (Photo/JTA-David Becker-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Doing nothing on gun violence is not an option

by J. Editorial Board October 6, 2017
Alameda student Natasha Waldorf, seen here with parents Mel Waldorf and Jessica Lindsey at her bat mitzvah (Photo/Courtesy Mel Waldorf)
Posted inOpinion

Readers weigh in: campus anti-Semitism; binational Israel; ‘dismaying’ DACA editorial

by J. Readers October 5, 2017October 9, 2017
Mourners attending a candlelight vigil in Las Vegas for the victims of the mass shooting there, Oct. 2, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Why this rabbanit drove to Las Vegas after the shooting

Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn by Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn October 4, 2017October 4, 2017
Zack Bodner, CEO of Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, speaking at the 2017 Zionism 3.0 conference. (Photo/Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inOpinion

Today’s Zionism isn’t as easy as 1.0, 2.0, 3.0

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner October 3, 2017October 3, 2017
Low-magnification micrograph of ovarian cancer cells. Ovarian cancer is particularly common among Ashkenazi Jews. (Photo/Wikimedia-Nephron CC BY-SA 3.0)
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When cancer struck, my relationship to Judaism evolved

Marcia Renée Goodman by Marcia Renée Goodman October 2, 2017
Rescuers from the Mexican-Jewish aid agency Cadena inspecting damage in Mexico City on Sept. 23, 2017 following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the city four days earlier. (Photo/Courtesy Cadena)
Posted inOpinion

How this Mexican Jewish NGO is taking charge after the earthquake

Alan Grabinsky by Alan Grabinsky October 1, 2017September 29, 2017
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I won’t be fasting this year because I have an eating disorder

Alex Braun by Alex Braun September 29, 2017
Outside of Moria refugee camp on the second consecutive day of mass demonstrations over living conditions in the camp.
Posted inOpinion

Helpless in Lesbos: Small victories, short supplies and a ‘Theater of the Oppressed’

Hillel Zand by Hillel Zand September 28, 2017September 28, 2017
A scene from the fourth season of "Transparent" featuring Jeffrey Tambor, left, and Gabi Hoffmann in Israel. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inOpinion

Conan and ‘Transparent’ give Israel the normalcy it craves

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 26, 2017January 12, 2018

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