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A streaming Shabbat service in Minnesota got explicit when a couple engaged in sexual activity during a bat mitzvah. (JTA illustration)
Posted inU.S.

Couple’s Shabbat Zoom sex stream raises eyebrows — and renews questions about online services

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 3, 2022

It was a double mitzvah, the New York Post concluded: A couple tuned in online to Shabbat services at their Minnesota synagogue, then stripped and started engaging in sexual activity. The […]

In a recent episode of the 11th season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Larry David feels obligated to clean a Klansman's robe. (Photo/John P. Johnson-HBO)
Posted inLetters

Stanford Jewish quota; Zoom accessibility; Larry David’s Holocaust shoes; etc.

by J. Readers January 21, 2022January 21, 2022
A police vehicle sits outside of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 16, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Andy Jacobsohn-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I hope the Texas hostage crisis won’t curb in-person synagogue gatherings

Raphael Magarik by Raphael Magarik January 18, 2022
(Photo/JTA-Matthias Kulka-Getty Images)
Posted inKids & Family

Why we’re spending the High Holidays traveling the world — virtually

Avi Dresner by Avi Dresner and JTA September 14, 2021September 14, 2021
Rabbi Ari Cartun's family having Shabbat dinner together, March 2020.
Posted inAct Two

Pandemic Shabbats offer lessons to carry forward

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 8, 2021
Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg appears at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, March 2, 2020. (JTA/Saul Loeb/Getty Images)
Posted inNews

No AIPAC conference? No problem. We’re meeting for coffee on Zoom.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 12, 2021March 15, 2021
Rabbi Mark Bloom leads a socially distanced outdoor Friday night service at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, March 5, 2021. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inReligion

Our Pandemic Year: Bay Area rabbis look ahead to a post-pandemic future

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 11, 2021March 16, 2021
Naomi Newman as Reb Eli in the upcoming Zoom play "God of Vengeance." (Photo/Courtesy Newman)
Posted inTheater

A queer, heretical Yiddish play too edgy for 1907 lives again on Zoom

by Patricia Corrigan March 9, 2021September 14, 2022
Leila Khaled speaks in, Soweto, South Africa, Feb. 15, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Ihsaan Haffejee-Anadolu Agency-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

S.F. State event with Leila Khaled, briefly hosted on YouTube, is taken down

by Gabriel Greschler September 23, 2020September 23, 2020
A sign in front of Zoom headquarters in San Jose during a protest demanding that the company not host an upcoming event featuring Leila Khaled. (Photo/Facebook-Shield of David)
Posted inNews

Zoom will not host S.F. State event featuring Leila Khaled

by Gabriel Greschler September 22, 2020September 23, 2020

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