US turns to Israeli know-how for medical cannabis research
by Maya Mirsky SAN FRANCISCO (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — When Israeli plant scientist Nirit Bernstein got a call five years ago from…
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In the wake of another deadly synagogue shooting, we need Holocaust education more than ever
by Janice Weinman, Ellen Hershkin (JTA) — On the Shabbat morning of April 27, Hadassah member Lori Gilbert-Kaye was murdered while celebrating Passover at the Chabad…
The Poway shooting exposes the fractured state of our communal discourse
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Here’s what we know about the shooter who took the life of a worshipper at a San-Diego area Chabad and…
Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, killed in Poway attack, said to have shielded rabbi from bullets
by Gabrielle Birkner, Marcy Oster POWAY, California (JTA) — Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the attack at a Chabad synagogue near San Diego on…
Passover’s message about celebrating interfaith families
by Edmund Case NEWTONVILLE, Mass. (JTA) – The enduring lesson of Passover is the obligation that appears 36 times in the Torah, more than any…