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Texas state Rep. James Talarico speaks at a primary election watch party in Austin, March 3, 2026. (Facebook)
Posted inPolitics

Can James Talarico’s faith-forward politics invigorate the Jewish religious left?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

(JTA) — In a recent interview for his New York Times podcast, Ezra Klein asked Texas State Rep. James Talarico why the Christian right puts so much focus on abortion and gay marriage. […]

Shelley Nussenblatt Kessler
Posted inHistory

In Galveston, descendants of a forgotten Jewish migration tell their story

by Dan Fellner November 26, 2025November 26, 2025
Author Jane Yolen and her book
Posted inEducation

Texas school district yanks Holocaust novel after using AI to detect ‘DEI content’

by Andrew Lapin October 3, 2025October 3, 2025
The seawall and beach in Galveston, Texas, ca. 1910-1920. (Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection at the Library of Congress)
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Melting Point’: When Zionists turned to Texas

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 10, 2025June 11, 2025
The author's 101-year-old family siddur. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

My grandpa’s 101-year-old time-traveling siddur

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2025May 9, 2025
A new ner tamid, or eternal flame, was constructed from the damaged stained glass that survived an act of arson in 2021 at Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas. (Photos/JTA-Courtesy Beth Israel and Lori Adelman)
Posted inU.S.

High Holiday services are set to return this year — with a new eternal flame — to a Texas synagogue damaged in a 2021 arson

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 7, 2023
Republican Sen. John Cornyn is booed at a Texas GOP conference in Houston, June 19, 2022. (Screenshot/JTA-KHOU-11-YouTube)
Posted inU.S.

Controversial Texas GOP platform would ‘prohibit’ Palestinian state

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 22, 2022June 22, 2022
A family grieves outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022. (Photo/Brandon Bell-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Jewish groups condemn Uvalde school shooting, but only some push for action

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
An interfaith group of clergy gathered at Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Community in Colleyville, Texas, to support law enforcement and the families of those taken hostage in the 11-hour standoff Jan. 15, 2022, at Congregation Beth Israel. (Photo/RNS-via Twitter)
Posted inU.S.

As rabbi was held hostage, interfaith colleagues gathered to help end the standoff

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS January 18, 2022
A fire was found outside Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas Sunday, Oct. 31. (Photo/Austin Fire Department)
Posted inU.S.

FBI charges suspect in Austin synagogue arson

by Ron Kampeas and JTA November 16, 2021

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