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"Building the Ark" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inLocal Voice

Noah adapted to climate catastrophe; now it’s our turn

Liore Milgrom-Gartner by Liore Milgrom-Gartner December 16, 2019December 17, 2019
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop speaks to reporters at the scene of the shooting at a kosher market, Dec. 11, 2019. (JTA/Jennifer Brown/City of Jersey City)
Posted inU.S.

Why Jersey City’s Jewish mayor didn’t wait to call shooting an anti-Semitic attack

Josefin Dolsten by JTA and Josefin Dolsten December 16, 2019December 17, 2019
Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaking at the J Street National Conference in 2018 (Photo/JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Back-and-forths continue as our readers debate J Street, settlements

by J. Readers December 13, 2019December 17, 2019
President Donald Trump signs an executive order combating anti-Semitism at the White House Hanukkah party, Dec. 11, 2019. (JTA/Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inThe Tell

Executive order disorder; and other tidbits from the week’s news

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 13, 2019December 17, 2019
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks at the group's biennial in Chicago about combating racism, Dec. 12, 2019. (Courtesy Union for Reform Judaism)
Posted inNews

Reform Jewish movement votes to support reparations for African Americans

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 13, 2019December 17, 2019
The final iconic San Francisco Skyline Hat in Beach Blanket Babylon, the world’s longest running musical revue, which comes to an end this year after 45 years. (Rick Markovich)
Posted inOn Stage

Beach Blanket Babylon hangs up its enormous hat after 45 years

by Dan Pine December 13, 2019December 17, 2019
"Jacob Sees Esau Coming to Meet Him," James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Self-preservation and compassion collide in competing readings of this week’s Torah portion

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 13, 2019December 17, 2019
image of people waving their hands in the air at a party
Posted inLifecycles

Lifecycles for the week of Dec. 13, 2019

by J. Staff December 13, 2019January 2, 2020
a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
Posted inObituaries

Deaths for the week of Dec. 13, 2019

by J. Staff December 13, 2019December 20, 2019
Donald C. Cutler, proudly disloyal Jew.
Posted inOpinion

Trump’s Title VI order merely protects pro-Israel conservatives from being offended

Donald C. Cutler by Donald C. Cutler December 12, 2019December 17, 2019

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