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With 41% of the country fully vaccinated, Israel begins reopening

Fully vaccinated Israelis will benefit from “Green Passports” attesting to their immunity status, allowing them to dine indoors.

Vaccinations and tests enable some families to gather for Passover Seders this year

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New York

Hundreds of men pack into Brooklyn study hall and street for Hasidic rabbi’s funeral

Israel

‘It isn’t Jewish’: Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi denigrates Reform conversions

United States

eBay removes Nazi toys from its marketplace

Culture

A varsity letter, 63 years late: California cantor helps reverse a homophobic snub

By Gabriel Greschler March 5, 2021 11:10 am

Global

‘Peaceful existence’: Jews in Iran freely observe their religion, communal leader says

By Gary Rosenblatt March 5, 2021 10:59 am

OPINION

Clockwise from top left: Gabrielle Kaplan-Meyer, Rabbi Seth Winberg, Rabbi Aaron Brusso, Simone Somekh, Linda S. Haase, Meyer Labin, Sara Nuss-Galles, and Dr. Gary Slutkin (Courtesy)

Opinion

Their writing helped us make sense of a pandemic that was just beginning. Here’s what they’re thinking about as we enter year 2.

Opinion

Why do medical dramas keep perpetuating terrible stereotypes about Orthodox Jews?

Opinion

The Jewish muscleman who likely inspired the creators of Superman

United States

Dallas Jewish Conservatives plan ‘mask-burning’ party to celebrate end of Texas mandate

By Andrew Lapin March 4, 2021 6:40 pm

Jake Tapper

Politics

For Jake Tapper, being the rabbi of TV news comes easy

By Ron Kampeas March 4, 2021 3:56 pm

Israel

What Israel has learned from its battle with COVID-19

By JTA Staff March 4, 2021 3:02 pm

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