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Damaged graves following a winter storm at the Jewish cemetery in Beirut. (Anwar Amro/Getty Images)

Global

Flood damages Beirut’s only Jewish cemetery

By Ben Sales December 26, 2019

Rabbi Moshe Z. Schapiro shows a toy to a child during the charity drive in Jersey City on December 23, 2019. (Courtesy of Benny Polatseck)

United States

2 weeks after deadly shooting, blacks and Jews in Jersey City unite for holiday charity drive

By Ben Sales December 24, 2019

Students in an 8th grade Hebrew class at Alan B. Shepard Middle School in Deerfield, Ill. write a Hebrew screenplay together on Dec. 13. (Ben Sales)

United States

Hebrew language classes in public schools are rare — but they’re on the rise in Chicago’s suburbs

By Ben Sales December 23, 2019

The Jewish Neighborhood Development Council has pushed through a number of urban renewal projects in West Rogers Park, such as turning an abandoned parking lot (left) into a park (right). (Courtesy of Howard Rieger)

United States

The rise, fall and rise again of a historically Jewish Chicago neighborhood

By Ben Sales December 19, 2019

Friday night prayers at the Union for Refrom Judaism Biennial featured a 78-person choir and screens projecting the words of the service. (Rob Dicker/Union for Reform Judaism)

United States

Inside the biggest American Shabbat service of the year

By Ben Sales December 17, 2019

United States

Beverly Hills synagogue vandalized on Shabbat

By Ben Sales December 15, 2019

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks about combating racism at the Reform Biennial in Chicago on December 12, 2019. (Courtesy of the Union for Reform Judaism)

United States

Reform Jewish movement votes to support reparations for African-Americans

By Ben Sales December 13, 2019

Hasidim, government officials and police officers stand in front of the K'hal Adas Greenville synagogue next door to JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, the site of a deadly shooting, Dec. 11, 2019. (Laura E. Adkins/JTA)

United States

Victims of Jersey City shooting remembered as generous, helpful and courageous

By Ben Sales and Laura E. Adkins December 11, 2019

United States

Jersey City shooting: Officials still unsure of motive

By Ben Sales and Laura E. Adkins December 11, 2019

United States

Orthodox Jews tried to build a home in Jersey City. Then a shooting terrorized their community.

By Ben Sales and Laura E. Adkins December 11, 2019

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