Shira Hanau

@shirahanau

Shira Hanau is a reporter at JTA. She was previously a staff writer at the New York Jewish Week and has written for the Forward, Columbia Journalism Review and the Harvard Divinity Bulletin.

From Shira Hanau

Supreme Court lifts California restrictions on at-home religious gatherings

By Shira Hanau April 11, 2021 12:40 pm

Brandeis president signs 5-year contract renewal after dispute with university’s board

By Shira Hanau April 9, 2021 3:46 pm

Inspired by the pandemic, Jewish musicians are rolling out a year’s worth of spiritual ‘healing songs’

By Shira Hanau April 9, 2021 1:50 pm

Editor of Orthodox newspaper the Jewish Press was inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 breach

By Shira Hanau April 8, 2021 11:16 am

Orthodox Jewish couple accuses New York City housing authorities of religious discrimination

By Shira Hanau April 7, 2021 12:19 pm

Holocaust survivors are dwindling out. A new Yom Hashoah ritual recognizes that.

By Shira Hanau April 6, 2021 5:06 pm

Yale to offer beginner Yiddish courses to fulfill language requirements

By Shira Hanau April 6, 2021 4:06 pm

This chef, born next to a Minsk matzah factory, is delivering meals to Holocaust survivors

By Shira Hanau April 5, 2021 11:19 am

Orthodox Jewish couple and baby visiting New York City slashed in ‘possible bias incident’

By Shira Hanau April 1, 2021 3:06 pm

Leader of extremist haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor arrested in Guatemala

By Shira Hanau March 30, 2021 2:55 pm