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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A Jewish ‘Dreamer’ breathes a sigh of relief after US Supreme Court preserves DACA
by Penny Schwartz BOSTON (JTA) – Elias Rosenfeld’s phone rang on Thursday morning hours after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump from moving…
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…
5 things to know as Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial gets underway, at long last
By Marcy Oster, JERUSALEM (JTA) — After more than three years of investigation, charges in three cases and three national elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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…