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From left: Becky Lessey and Abby Glassberg outside of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women

Beth Shalom members reach out to Jewish women in correctional facility

How does someone hold a Passover seder when they’re not allowed to bring food into the building? This was just one of the challenges that...
Julia Ioffe with Stephen Colbert

Julia Ioffe, BT Dahan Community School alum, offers assessment of Ukraine invasion on ‘Late...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvxGPczSiHM When Julia Ioffe — the Washington correspondent for Puck news with more than 15 years of experience covering Russia — appeared on the Feb....
From left: Jeffrey Parker and Tamar Ketko

Virtual symposium explores how Holocaust should be taught

If you only have an hour to teach a class of students about the Holocaust, what do you leave in, and what do you...

Russian bombs appear to hit site of Babyn Yar Nazi massacre near Kyiv

Russian troops appeared to strike part of the Babyn Yar memorial site, which pays tribute to the tens of thousands of Jews buried in...
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky was a Jewish comedian. Now the world’s eyes are on him.

Four years ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was an actor on the humorous Ukrainian TV show “Servant of the People,” starring as an unlikely president of...
Robbie Gringras, right, presents the music video "Wikipedia" by Israeli singer Hanan Ben Ari

BBYO teens urged to see past stereotypes

Among the different events available to teen attendees at the BBYO International Convention 2022 was “Israel: For the Sake of Argument,” featuring Robbie Gringras,...

Meeting mask to mask: For teens, BBYO conference was a chance to meet in...

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By Jesse Berman and Alex Krutchik Thousands of Jewish teens from across the world converged at one of the main event stages of the Baltimore...
Jews from Ukraine at a Jewish community center in Chisinau, Moldova

Ukrainian Jews, scarred by a bloody history, find themselves refugees once again

Across Ukraine, Jews are engaging in a historically Jewish experience: becoming refugees. And hundreds of them from Odessa have headed to an unlikely destination, the...
Empty poison gas cans of the pesticide Zyklon B

Arizona Jews sue to stop state from executing people with gas used by Nazis

By Nicole Raz and Mala Blomquist Leaders of Arizona’s Jewish community are suing the state to prevent it from using hydrogen cyanide, the same lethal...
woman wearing mask

For those with long COVID, the diagnosis is just the beginning

By David Rullo Andrew Neft first contracted COVID-19 in March 2020. At the time, he experienced no real symptoms other than a congested chest for...