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Being both Jewish and Slavic in America hasn’t always been simple — but sharing stories and culture is helping me make sense of who I am

Being both Jewish and Slavic in America hasn’t always been simple — but sharing stories and culture is helping me make sense of who I am

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues...

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Vick Volovnyk

Why Jewish girls are missing in the discourse around Israel

Why Jewish girls are missing in the discourse around Israel

When a Jewish girl in 12th grade stands up to discuss Israeli politics, she speaks with the same confidence level as a boy in 7th grade. What’s...

24.12.2025 5

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Ilana M. Horwitz

In India, my Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah not with fear, but in belonging

In India, my Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah not with fear, but in belonging

Amid the rumbling vibrancy of Mumbai, a city of around 27 million within a country of nearly 1.5 billion, lies my small yet mighty community where...

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Nissim Pingle

When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride. I see pluralism in action.

When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride. I see pluralism in action.

Shortly after Thanksgiving, my children develop a refrain: “We have to start decorating for Hanukkah!” They pull out a plastic bin stuffed with...

17.12.2025 6

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Rabbi Joshua Ladon

Ahmed al Ahmed’s bravery at Bondi Beach reminds us of our own humanity in a world that seeks to erode it

Ahmed al Ahmed’s bravery at Bondi Beach reminds us of our own humanity in a world that seeks to erode it

We tend to think of human behavior as deeply shaped by group lines. Again and again, research in social psychology and social neuroscience, along...

17.12.2025 10

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Iddo Gefen

The Bondi Beach attack is inspiring Jewish pride. For our children’s sake, we need to allow our fear, too.

The Bondi Beach attack is inspiring Jewish pride. For our children’s sake, we need to allow our fear, too.

Just last Monday night, I experienced one of the pinnacles of my professional life: interviewing Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin. That evening,...

16.12.2025 5

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David Bryfman