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Detail of the cover of "Two Tribes" by Emily Bowen Cohen
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Q&A: Graphic novelist tells story of Jewish and Native American girl

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 3, 2024January 10, 2024

In Emily Bowen Cohen’s debut graphic novel, a boy at 12-year-old Mia’s Jewish day school in Southern California says she looks “Spanish.” When she corrects him — her mother is […]

Darla Contois (left) as Esther Rosenblum and Lisa Edelstein as Golda Rosenblum in "Little Bird." (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Steve Ackerman)
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In PBS series ‘Little Bird,’ a Jewish woman uncovers her traumatic Indigenous past

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov October 24, 2023October 25, 2023
Attendees participate in a High Holidays tashlich ceremony organized by Jews on Ohlone Land in Berkeley. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
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Through reparations, education and land statements, local Jewish activists are standing with Bay Area Indigenous people

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 13, 2022October 15, 2024
Sarah Podemski in "Reservation Dogs." (Photo/JTA-Shane Brown-FX)
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For Jewish Indigenous actress Sarah Podemski, it’s a miracle just to exist

by Evelyn Frick and JTA October 14, 2021October 15, 2021

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