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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Jan. 23, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inOpinion

Stopping Putin starts with holding the fossil fuel industry accountable

by Rabbi Jennie Rosenn and Forward March 15, 2022
Tsvi Reiter, Yvonne Reiter and Hei Le participate in Yvonne’s bat mitzvah ceremony, which was performed over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo/The Conversation-Lindsey Wasson-Getty Images News via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The first bat mitzvah was 100 years ago, and has been opening doors for Jewish women ever since

Lisa Fishbayn Joffelogo of The Conversation by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and The Conversation March 15, 2022March 15, 2022
An obituary for Lewis Emanuel in our July 24, 1896 edition.
Posted inLocal Voice

For an ol’ prospector of Jewish genealogy, J.’s new archives are a gold mine

Jeremy Frankel by Jeremy Frankel March 14, 2022
Ukrainian refugees walk down the stairs from a plane onto the tarmac as two Israel officials stand by holding small Israeli flags
Posted inOpinion

My heart breaks for Ukrainian refugees — and the Ethiopian Jews who can’t get the same embrace

Haftam Yizhak-Heathwood by Haftam Yizhak-Heathwood and JTA March 11, 2022
Meyshe Shapiro-Nygren (left) and Tobie Shapiro at the piano at their home in Alameda. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inLocal Voice

Our special-needs adult children are not invisible — but the Jewish community doesn’t see them

Tobie Helene Shapiro by Tobie Helene Shapiro March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
Joseph Anuszewicz (second from left) receives the Cross of Valor for his service in World War II, August 1945.
Posted inFirst Person

In Warsaw, I encountered a relative I never knew existed

Geri Spieler by Geri Spieler March 9, 2022
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stands at a checkpoint. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Kyiv or Kiev? Zelensky or Zelenskyy? In Ukraine, spelling is political

by Aviya Kushner and Forward March 9, 2022March 9, 2022
Rabbi Martin Weiner, seen here at his long-time pulpit, Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, passed away this month at the age of 83.
Posted inObituaries

Rabbi Martin Weiner dies at 83, leaving behind a towering legacy

by Dan Pine March 9, 2022March 10, 2022
Residents and community members gather at Moishe House in Dnipro, Ukraine for a night of singing niggunim, or wordless Jewish melodies, March 2021. (Photo/Courtesy RSJ Moishe House)
Posted inOpinion

The Jewish post-rescue era ended with the war in Ukraine, just as young Jews there started their Jewish lives

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA March 8, 2022March 9, 2022
Bob Stein holds up the banner for recently formed Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in June 1979 during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. (Photo/Joe Altman-California Historical Society)
Posted inFirst Person

An inside look at the history of Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco’s LGBTQ synagogue

Ron Lezell by Ron Lezell March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

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