First Person On Shavuot, who (or what) will get the first fruits? By growing and sharing produce, writer Edmon Rodman seeks to embrace the holiday's harvest roots. Unfortunately, a pesky raccoon is interested in the crops, too.
First Person As Jews flee Belgium, a seder marks a family exodus A JTA reporter's rowdy family seders in Belgium have turned quieter as relatives escape the country's anti-Semitism and terror.
First Person How my grandmother’s chutzpah helped Sugihara rescue thousands of Jews The writer's Dutch grandmother is the missing link in the story of Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara.