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Aiden Arthurs receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine at the Jewish Federation/JARC's offices in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, May 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kowalsky-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

As Covid vaccines for kids arrive, these rabbis (and their kids) are ready with new prayers

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 3, 2021November 3, 2021
A crowd of Black women of all ages wearing white robes raise their hands in the air
Posted inHolidays

Sigd is not just a holiday for Ethiopian Jews. It’s a declaration that Israel sees us.

Shula Mola by Shula Mola and JTA November 3, 2021November 3, 2021
"The Burial of Sarah" by Gustave Dore
Posted inTorah

The death of Sarah is the Torah at its most relatable

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 29, 2021October 28, 2021
Zo Jacobi runs Jewitches, a popular blog and podcast that deep dives into ancient Jewish myths and folkloric practices. (Photo/JTA)
Posted inReligion

The season of the Jewitch: Meet the occultists who blend witchcraft and Jewish folklore

by Rachel Román and JTA October 28, 2021
Zack Bodner speaks during a book launch event at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo/Saul Bromberger)
Posted inReligion

In new book, Palo Alto JCC boss wants you to ‘do Jewish’

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 25, 2021October 27, 2021
A rooftop view to the Jewish Theological Seminary and nearby buildings. (Photo/JTA-Education Images-Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

In a shift, Conservative movement publicly lists the rabbis it has expelled and suspended

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA October 25, 2021October 25, 2021
"Abraham and the Three Angels" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

How do we offer hospitality in this day and age? 

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 22, 2021October 22, 2021
Children attend a rally for peace and unity in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to remember victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, Nov. 9, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Flickr Commons-Gov. Tom Wolf)
Posted inOpinion

What the Tree of Life shooting revealed about American Jewry

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA October 20, 2021
a church steeple
Posted inKids & Family

I don’t want my Jewish son to become a Christian

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler October 20, 2021
A house just outside St. Helena, Napa County, burns in the Glass Fire, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo/Napa County Sheriff)
Posted inTorah

A radiant world — or a planet on fire?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 15, 2021October 14, 2021

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