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Keshira haLev Fife, a kohenet (Hebrew priestess), is the founder and leader of Kesher Pittsburgh, an independent, post-denominational Jewish community. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Fife)

Analysis

Don’t call them ‘fringe’: New Jewish groups seek mainstream respect

Keshira haLev Fife is well known in the Jewish community of her native Pittsburgh, where she conducts Shabbat services and Hebrew school classes. But…
By Gary Rosenblatt, JTA Feb 22, 2021
A soldier walks around outside a large dusty industrial facility

U.S.

Biden is ready to talk with Iran about a return to the nuclear deal

The Biden administration said it is ready to open talks with Iran toward returning to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. “If Iran comes back into…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Feb 19, 2021
A chance encounter between a law professor and a Holocaust survivor prompted a feel-good story (which may or may not be true) to circulate online. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)

History

Is Bonne Maman an anti-Nazi jam?

The heartwarming story has been hard to miss: A law professor is shopping at his local grocery store when sees an elderly woman struggling to get her…
By Gabe Friedman, Philissa Cramer, JTA Feb 18, 2021
Kosher Palate, a kosher restaurant in Dallas, prepared thousands of free hot meals to serve to Orthodox families affected by power outages during Winter Storm Uri, Feb. 17, 2021.

U.S.

Battered by cold, Texas Jews mount relief efforts

One year ago, Dallas’s Jewish community convened a “health crisis management team” to coordinate the local response to the brand-new Covid-19 pandemic.…
By Andrew Lapin, JTA Feb 18, 2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to President Joe Biden in his office in Jerusalem, Feb. 17, 2021. (Photo/Twitter)

Politics

Biden and Netanyahu speak in first phone call since inauguration

President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nearly a month into his first term — a time frame that drew criticism from…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Feb 18, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci listens to President Joe Biden at the National Institutes of Health, Feb. 11, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP via Getty Images)

Israel

Fauci wins $1 million Israeli prize for ‘courageously defending science’

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease specialist, was awarded a $1 million prize from an Israeli foundation for “courageously defending…
By Gabe Friedman, JTA Feb 17, 2021
President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Feb. 16, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP via Getty Images)

Politics

Biden: white supremacists are ‘most dangerous people’ in America

President Biden said domestic terrorism was the “greatest threat” in America and that white supremacists are the “most dangerous people” and pledged to…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Feb 17, 2021
Camper cabins at Camp Tawonga, a Jewish overnight summer camp near Yosemite. (Photo/file)

California

Jewish camps are ready to open this summer. Will states let them?

Jessica Colvin recalled her two sons’ devastation last year when Camp Tawonga, the overnight Jewish summer camp near Yosemite, announced that it would not…
By Arno Rosenfeld, Forward Feb 16, 2021
A Trump supporter displays a pro-QAnon poster at a 2018 rally in Florida. (Photo/JTA-Thomas O'Neill-NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Politics

Survey: Nearly 3 in 10 Republicans believe central premise of QAnon

Nearly three in 10 Republicans believe the claim driving the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to a survey released last week by a conservative think…
By Ben Sales, JTA Feb 16, 2021
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