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In ‘Morningside Heights,’ Novelist Joshua Henkin Returns to His Old Neighborhood

In the shadow of Columbia University, a Jewish family copes with the patriarch’s dementia.

Doris Brickner, Activist and Founder of Jewish Organizations, Dies at 99

Married to Rabbi Balfour Brickner of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, she championed feminism, archaeology and historic preservation.

When Holocaust education meets critical race theory: A partisan history debate unfolds in Louisiana

A Holocaust education bill had been met with skepticism from some Louisiana Jews. Can there be a wrong reason to mandate the teaching of Jewish suffering?

All-of-a-Kind Family, Sydney Taylor, children's books

Culture

A one-of-a-kind biography of the woman behind the ‘All-of-a-Kind Family’ stories

Max Lewis, left, and Ilan Naibryf both served as leaders in the University of Chicago Jewish community. Lewis died after being hit by a stray bullet and Naibryf is missing in the building collapse in Surfside, Florida. (Courtesy of University of Chicago Chabad)

United States

University of Chicago’s Jewish community reels with 1 student missing in Surfside and another killed by a stray bullet

Brighton Massachusetts Jewish unity rally

United States

Boston Jews rally together after streak of attacks in the area

New York

A One-of-a-Kind Biography of the Author of the ‘All-of-a-Kind Family’ Stories

Supports of Arizona's Holocaust education bill

Politics

Arizona passes long-delayed Holocaust education bill after sidelining debate over antisemitism definitions

Food

How Fleischmann’s yeast built the Jewish Catskills

United States

7 Fourth of July stories from JTA’s archive to take you back in time

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