National
Walter Mondale: The liberal for Israel
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 22, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS — Walter Mondale, the former vice president who represented a time in American history when being pro-Israel and progressive were often synonymous, has...
Whither immigration?
Ben Sales, JTAApr 22, 2021
WASHINGTON — Three weeks after taking office, Joe Biden announced that he would quadruple the number of refugees allowed into the US. For HIAS, it seemed like an...
When a beautiful shul declines
JTAApr 22, 2021
By Alanna E. Cooper CHICAGO — Just three stories high and hemmed into a small 5,000-square-foot lot, the building at 16 S. Clark St. is a small jewel situated amid...
Conservative Judaism faces the Zoom question
Ben Sales, JTAApr 15, 2021
NEW YORK — On the first weekend of the coronavirus lockdowns in New York City in March, 2020, Rabbi Rachel Ain decided that her Conservative synagogue would conduct...
Jews begin to protest China’s policy
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 08, 2021
WASHINGTON — When Rayhan Asat attended a Passover seder last month, its contours seemed familiar and different at once — especially the tradition of leaving a seat...
Vaccine passports — and reaction to them — critiqued
Ben Sales, JTAApr 01, 2021
WASHINGTON — Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) and a member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council compare the idea of “vaccine passports” to Nazi Germany, with the...
The Confederate governor who loved Jews
JTAApr 01, 2021
By Andrea Cooper ASHEVILLE, NC — A granite obelisk at Pack Square in this city’s downtown has commanded attention for more than a century. It’s a landmark set in a...
NYC mayoral races argues over yeshiva educations
Shira Hanau, JTAApr 01, 2021
NEW YORK — When Bill de Blasio ran for mayor of New York City in 2013 and for reelection in 2017, oversight of secular education in haredi Orthodox yeshivas wasn’t a...
First hard data: Jews and COVID
Shira Hanau, JTAMar 18, 2021
NEW YORK — One year after COVID-19 first walloped Jewish communities in the US, a scientific study has established: • COVID restrictions and recommendations work...
Touro: COVID spurs interest in healthcare careers
JTAMar 11, 2021
By Larry Luxner, JTA NEW YORK — Aaron Skaist, 26, has been around ambulances and medical personnel most of his life. His father established Toronto’s first Hatzoloh...
