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Jeff Zients speaks at a news briefing in Washington, Feb. 2, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Alex Wong-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Biden’s new Covid adviser co-owns a popular DC ‘Jew-ish’ deli and bagel shop

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 4, 2020
Shayna Dollinger at Wesleyan University where she is a junior. (Photo/Courtesy  Dollinger)
Posted inLocal Voice

My pandemic year in college has brought pride and purpose

Shayna Dollinger (Courtesy) by Shayna Dollinger December 3, 2020December 4, 2020
Members of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, pray outside in a makeshift synagogue. (Photo/JTA-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

The Supreme Court ruling on Covid reopenings and religious liberty, explained

Michael A. Helfand by Michael A. Helfand and JTA December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
illustrative: three doctors walk toward the camera
Posted inNorthern California

On Twitter, a Jewish doctor in Sacramento tells what it’s like to treat a Covid patient covered in Nazi tattoos

by Sarah Brown and Forward December 1, 2020December 1, 2020
UC Berkeley law student Sara Caplan's pandemic hobby is performing in live online Shakespeare readings.
Posted inBay Area

From music to cooking, pandemic hobbies uncork creativity

by Dan Pine December 1, 2020December 6, 2020
Elior Amar, Jewish Agency Israel Fellow at UC Santa Cruz Hillel, at the 2020 AIPAC conference. (Photo/Courtesy Amar)
Posted inLocal Voice

In Santa Cruz, building a college pro-Israel community in challenging times

Elior Amar by Elior Amar November 30, 2020December 3, 2020
"Thanksgiving at Plymouth" by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1925.
Posted inThanksgiving

Thanksgiving was established during an American crisis. Then and now, Judaism teaches us to be grateful.

Rabbi Moshe Hauer by Rabbi Moshe Hauer and JTA November 25, 2020November 25, 2020
A recent session of Temple Isaiah's JQuest Hebrew school. (Photo/Courtesy Temple Isaiah)
Posted inEducation

Learning Hebrew in ‘Hebrew school’? That’s not always the point.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020November 24, 2020
Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ San Francisco food bank has become a primary food source for many during the pandemic. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inOpinion

We must step up our charitable giving — our tzedakah — during the pandemic

by Yvette Alt Miller and JTA November 23, 2020November 23, 2020
This Solano County supervisors meeting on Nov. 17 was disrupted at the beginning by rowdy anti-maskers who compared pandemic safety precautions to the Nazi regime. (Screenshot from livestream)
Posted inNews

Anti-maskers disrupt Solano County supes meeting with Nazi salutes

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020

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