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Talia Lavin is an intern at JTA. A recent Harvard graduate and aspiring novelist, she recently returned from a Fulbright grant in Ukraine, where she studied early 20th-century Hebrew literature.

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• Brothers step down temporarily from ArtScroll amid kin’s divorce dispute

  November 12, 2013 5:41pm

  The father and uncle of a man who has refused to give his wife a religious divorce temporarily resigned from ArtScroll.

• For Israeli marijuana smokers, tight borders mean locally sourced weed

  November 12, 2013 5:34pm

  Tighter border security means Israeli marijuana smokers are turning to sources closer to home.

• Matti Friedman’s ‘Aleppo Codex’ narrative wins Rohr literary prize

  November 7, 2013 3:44pm

  Matti Friedman, author of “The Aleppo Codex,” won the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.

• New organization aiming to expand Jewish experience through the arts

  November 7, 2013 9:52am

  Asylum Arts, a nonprofit group that hopes to empower and connect Jewish artists, was launched in New York.

• Using media as a weapon in the agunah fight

  November 5, 2013 3:50pm

  Advocacy groups and agunot are using the power of the media in the battle to get women religious writs of divorce.

• Starbucks’ tea spin-off will be kosher, just waiting for ‘rabbi to bless it’

  October 31, 2013 4:30pm

  The coffee giant looks to conquer tea and is waiting for Jewish dietary certification.

• Man charged with hate crime for shooting up Utah synagogue

  October 31, 2013 3:44pm

  A 21-year-old Utah man was indicted on federal hate crimes charges for firing shots at a Salt Lake City synagogue last year.

• Five Jewish Halloween costume ideas for 2013

  October 31, 2013 2:46pm

  Some last-minute ideas for Jewish-themed Halloween costumes for 2013.

• Jewish women giving birth later than others, but how long can they wait?

  October 30, 2013 4:25pm

  New advances in reproductive medicine can make pregnancy viable up to age 55 — which is good news for American Jewish women, who generally have children later than other Americans.

• Remaking Jewish food for the gluten-free

  October 28, 2013 10:25am

  For sufferers of celiac disease who also love their Jewish food, adopting a gluten-free diet is not without its challenges.