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The 21-year-old fighting to make Brazil’s Jewish community more accepting of LGBTQ people and other minorities

For five years, Andre Liberman has been organizing and advocating for inclusion in a socially conservative Jewish world described as closed off.

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For social justice-oriented Jews in Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin’s conviction represents a beginning, not an end

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The former Great Synagogue of Lutsk, Ukraine. (The Center for Jewish Art/Foundation for Jewish Heritage)

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Rare ‘fortress synagogue’ to return to Jewish ownership in Lutsk, Ukraine

Sports

European soccer’s Super League is over — and fans can thank Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich

Friedrich Karl Berger in 1959. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)

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Germany won’t prosecute 95-year-old former concentration camp guard deported from US

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If rabbis can’t talk about public policy, what’s the point of Torah?

By Rabbi Michael Rothbaum April 22, 2021 12:25 pm

Opinion

A House bill on Israel is flawed, but our Jewish civil war is worse

By Yehuda Kurtzer April 21, 2021 4:05 pm

Blake Bailey, pictured in 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Distribution of Philip Roth biography paused after author Blake Bailey is accused of rape

By Ben Sales April 21, 2021 3:25 pm

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Jewish rocker Ezra Furman announces she’s a woman — and a mom

Culture

Meet the Jewish activist digging through the trash for climate justice

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Isabel Frey is a 26-year-old Bundist who records protest songs in Yiddish. Now she’s also an Austrian politician.

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Walter Mondale was a liberal icon who championed Israel

By Ron Kampeas April 20, 2021 2:11 pm

Bonds of Life

Alberto Sonsol, 63, legendary Uruguayan sportscaster who once said ‘baruch Hashem’ on the air

By JTA Staff April 20, 2021 12:47 pm

Opinion

Sorry, but Zoom Judaism just isn’t the real thing

By Rabbi Eli L. Garfinkel April 20, 2021 12:33 pm

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The 21-year-old fighting to make Brazil’s Jewish community more accepting of LGBTQ people and other minorities

For social justice-oriented Jews in Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin’s conviction represents a beginning, not an end

GLOBAL

Rare ‘fortress synagogue’ to return to Jewish ownership in Lutsk, Ukraine

European soccer’s Super League is over — and fans can thank Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich

Germany won’t prosecute 95-year-old former concentration camp guard deported from US

If rabbis can’t talk about public policy, what’s the point of Torah?

A House bill on Israel is flawed, but our Jewish civil war is worse

Distribution of Philip Roth biography paused after author Blake Bailey is accused of rape

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Jewish rocker Ezra Furman announces she’s a woman — and a mom

Meet the Jewish activist digging through the trash for climate justice

Isabel Frey is a 26-year-old Bundist who records protest songs in Yiddish. Now she’s also an Austrian politician.

Walter Mondale was a liberal icon who championed Israel

Alberto Sonsol, 63, legendary Uruguayan sportscaster who once said ‘baruch Hashem’ on the air

Sorry, but Zoom Judaism just isn’t the real thing

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Orthodox and Sabbath Violators Fight Battle on Warsaw Streets

Mondale Has Unblemished Record on Issues of Jewish Concern

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