Amid a national reckoning over race, Jews are embracing Juneteenth
by Josefin Dolsten, Philissa Cramer (JTA) — After the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic this spring delayed the launch of the website for TribeHerald, a…
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Israel could annex parts of the West Bank on July 1. Here’s what you need to know.
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — While the world has had its attention fixed on the George Floyd protests and the ongoing threat of COVID-19, a…
Commercial flights will not resume to Israel until at least mid-July
By Marcy Oster, JERUSALEM (JTA) — Commercial flights will not resume to Israel until mid-July at the earliest, according to the head of Ben Gurion Airport….
To accurately count Jews of color, we need to radically change our assumptions about Jews
By Marc L. Dollinger, SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (JTA) — Two summers ago, I published an academic book about blacks and Jews that did not include a single black…
Brazil’s president criticized for coronavirus motto that recalls ‘Arbeit macht frei,’ the infamous Auschwitz gate sign
By Marcus M. Gilban, RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is being criticized for a new slogan about combating the coronavirus which…