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9 stories that defined our Jewish year in 2023 before Oct. 7

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 27, 2023December 27, 2023

(JTA) — On Oct. 6, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency led its morning newsletter with an article that had long been in the works — and that we expected to drive […]

Alan Shipnuck (left, holding mic) asks Phil Mickelson a question at his 2022 U.S. Open press conference, which was his return to championship golf after going into exile because of Shipnuck's book excerpt. (Photo/Courtesy Shipnuck)
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Bay Area sportswriter Alan Shipnuck’s new biography blows open the life of golf great Phil Mickelson

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher July 21, 2022July 26, 2022
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi at the parliament building in Baghdad, Aug. 28, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ludovic Marin-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

The US and Israel want to unite the Middle East against Iran. Iraq could pose a problem.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA July 15, 2022July 15, 2022
President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival in Munich, June 25, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Daniel Karmann-picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Laser beams, Saudis and the ‘Jewish Olympics’: A preview of Biden’s Israel trip

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA July 12, 2022
Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a conference arranged by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, May 26, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Shahar Azran)
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Deborah Lipstadt’s first tour as antisemitism monitor will begin in Saudi Arabia

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 23, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Des Moines International Airport, April 12, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Mandel Ngan-AFP via Getty Images)
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It’s official: Biden will visit Israel, West Bank and Saudi Arabia in July

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 14, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a news conference in Brussels, April 14, 2021. (Photo/Johanna Geron-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Blinken expects more countries to join Abraham Accords this year

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 15, 2021
A menorah is seen as Israeli entrepreneurs celebrate Hanukkah for the first time at a hotel in Dubai, Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Karim SAHIB-AFP-Getty Images)
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Gulf Jews form umbrella body to make observance easier

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 17, 2021
Rabbi David Rosen speaks at a Feb. 24 interfaith gathering in San Francisco. (Dan Pine)
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First rabbi to meet Saudi monarch in Riyadh stops in S.F. full of optimism

by Dan Pine February 25, 2020February 26, 2020
Minister Salem Ben Nasser Al-Ismaily, a CEO in Oman, with Susan and Moses Libitzky
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Bay Area Jews travel on official trip to 3 Arab nations

Michael Kohn by Michael Kohn January 16, 2018March 19, 2018

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