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Danya Ruttenberg: From atheism to Jewish social justice
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, who will be Beth El's scholar in residence Feb. 1 and...
Anti-Semitism among Yellow Vest protesters demoralizes France’s Jews
by CNAAN LIPHZHIZ PARIS (JTA) — Four years ago, a heartbroken Bernard-Henri Levy found some solace in how more than...
Talmud-inspired learning craze sweeps South Korea
by TIM ALPER SEOUL, South Korea (JTA) — In 2014, Kim Hye-kyung found herself staring into an educational abyss. A...
Why two Jewish women say they joined the Women’s March steering committee
by DEBRA NUSSBAUM COHEN NEW YORK (JTA) — April Baskin, one of three Jewish women newly appointed to the Women’s...
Walter Schwarz: The last passenger ship out of Genoa
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor "I was a Ritchie Boy," Walter Schwarz wrote for American Jewish World on Oct....
Outside Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue, Spanish olive trees endure northern winters
by CNAAN LIPHSHIZ AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Each year at the height of winter, city workers descend on the square opposite...
The New York Times says a Palestinian medic’s death in Gaza could be a war crime
by ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL (JTA) — The New York Times devoted much of its front page and three inside pages Sunday to a...
Lisa Heilicher: A modern-day Maccabee
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR At the funeral for Elissa “Lisa” Heilicher at Beth El Synagogue, Rabbi Alexander Davis began his eulogy...
ACLU sues Texas over anti-boycott law
by SAM SOKOL (JTA) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday announced that it is suing the state of Texas...
Netanyahu plans visit to Brazil
by MARCUS M. GILBAN RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Following years of diplomatic tensions, Israel and Brazil appear set to place...
