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Renaissance painting of a young woman cutting off the head of man with a sword
Posted inOpinion

This Hanukkah, celebrate the holiday’s forgotten heroes: Women

headshot of Alan Avery-Pecklogo of The Conversation by Alan Avery-Peck and The Conversation December 1, 2021December 1, 2021
Candles are lit on an oil menorah during Hanukkah. (Photo/RNS-Evgeni Tcherkasski-Pixabay)
Posted inOpinion

Celebrating the insurrection of Hanukkah in a year of insurrection

by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield and RNS November 30, 2021
Stephen Sondheim listening to music in the recording control room during the original cast recording of the Broadway musical "Into The Woods" in 1987. (Photo/JTA-Oliver Morris'Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

How Stephen Sondheim helped me find my gay Jewish sensibility

Reb Irwin Keller by Rabbi Irwin Keller November 30, 2021December 1, 2021
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim died Nov. 26. (Photo/Forward-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inTheater

The last and greatest gift Stephen Sondheim gave us

Talya Zax by Talya Zax and Forward November 29, 2021
A Thanksgiving greeting card from 1908
Posted inEditorial

From our archives: Newspapers of Thanksgivings past — 1909, 1924, 1958

by J. Editorial Board November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
In 1789, Cantor Gershom Mendes Seixas of New York's Congregation Shearith Israel gave what is widely believed to be the first-ever Jewish sermon about Thanksgiving. (Photo/JTA-Flickr Commons-Shearith Israel)
Posted inOpinion

How Thanksgiving helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story

Rabbi Yael Buechler by Rabbi Yael Buechler and JTA November 22, 2021November 22, 2021
Attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting hold up signs while waiting to see President Donald Trump speak, April 6, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Ethan Miller-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Unfair pay in Jewish orgs; Homelessness is not ‘unsolvable’; GOP Jews and Trump; etc.

by J. Readers November 22, 2021
Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn speaks Nov. 13, 2021, at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio. (Screenshot/RNS)
Posted inOpinion

Mike Flynn, Josh Mandel and the myth of the ‘Judeo-Christian way of life’

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS November 19, 2021
The comment section of Melinda Strauss' TikTok account filled up with antisemitic remarks after she posted a video of her nephew Izzy putting on a set of tefillin. (Screenshot/TikTok; Graphic/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inFirst Person

My teenage son wasn’t surprised when antisemites attacked him on TikTok. That makes me angry.

Jessica Russak-Hoffman by Jessica Russak-Hoffman and JTA November 19, 2021
an orthodox woman and a muslim woman shake hands, surrounded by children
Posted inOpinion

Loving Israel or opposing the occupation? It’s a false dichotomy.

Rabbi Jill Jacobs by Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Forward November 18, 2021November 19, 2021

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