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70 years ago, these beach reads explained Jews to America

70 years ago, these beach reads explained Jews to America

To read about American Jews this summer, you only need to open the newspaper. For better or worse, and probably for worse, Jews have been all too...

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Rachel Gordan

Jewish teens like me sent a message after the Run for Their Lives attack: We will not cower.

Jewish teens like me sent a message after the Run for Their Lives attack: We will not cower.

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues...

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Shir Levenson

These therapists give a name to the way Jewish distress has been ignored since Oct. 7: ‘Traumatic invalidation’

These therapists give a name to the way Jewish distress has been ignored since Oct. 7: ‘Traumatic invalidation’

Miri Bar-Halpern and Jaclyn Wolfman don’t use the term “gaslighting” in their paper on Jewish trauma after Oct. 7, but they might as well have. The...

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

I joined the crowds for Boulder’s Run for Their Lives on Sunday. I’m worried about next week.

I joined the crowds for Boulder’s Run for Their Lives on Sunday. I’m worried about next week.

BOULDER, Colorado — I noticed the overcast sky immediately but didn’t see the drones above my head until they were mentioned by someone else....

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Susanna Speier

As my hometown reeled from an attack to ‘free Palestine,’ I found hope at my son’s graduation in Israel

As my hometown reeled from an attack to ‘free Palestine,’ I found hope at my son’s graduation in Israel

Last week, we celebrated our son’s high school graduation in Israel. We gathered together with families of students — from diverse religious and...

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Karli Sherwinter

Aaron Lansky built a home for 1.5 million Yiddish books. Now he’s handing over the keys. 

Aaron Lansky built a home for 1.5 million Yiddish books. Now he’s handing over the keys. 

Steven Spielberg had already donated money to the Yiddish Book Center when he asked if the center’s founder, Aaron Lansky, might fly out to Los...

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

The antisemitic attacks are painful. The silence from our trusted partners is excruciating.

The antisemitic attacks are painful. The silence from our trusted partners is excruciating.

My family has lived in Colorado for generations. I was in touch with my mother and cousins following the firebombing attack on people marching to...

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Rabbi Asher Knight

We Jews know what hate looks like. So why is it so hard to name when it comes for us?

We Jews know what hate looks like. So why is it so hard to name when it comes for us?

I am Black. I am Jewish. I work in the field of hate crimes not only as a professional who responds to incidents, builds coalitions and educates...

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Iola Kostrzewski

For this I became a Jew? Yes, for exactly this I became a Jew.

For this I became a Jew? Yes, for exactly this I became a Jew.

In keeping with Jewish tradition that makes no differentiation between those who are born Jews and those who become them, I rarely talk about being...

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Meg Keene