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⭐ Jewish Journal Wins 5 AJPA Awards Including Best Weekly Newspaper ⭐

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⭐ Jewish Journal Wins 5 AJPA Awards Including Best Weekly Newspaper

Editor's Note

What Are We Afraid Of?

David Suissa -
If our fear of death has gone way down and our appreciation of life has gone way up, maybe we’ll be better equipped to conquer our other fears.

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News

Tufts SJP Revokes Impeachment Complaint Against Jewish Student

Aaron Bandler -
Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) revoked their impeachment complaint against Jewish student Max Price on February 26.
News

Protecting Voters’ Rights: A JDCA Call With Marc Elias

Ari Berman -
“Make no mistake, [these laws] are targeted ‘with surgical precision’ to disenfranchise Black voters.”
News

An Amsterdam Museum Holds a Post-Holocaust Purim Relic

Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA -
When she was 10 years old, Nechama Mayer-Hirsch sat down to make puppets for a Purim spiel and crafted one of the man responsible for her father’s murder.

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Pandemic Times
COVID19

Pandemic Purim Brings Home the Value of Humility

David Suissa - 0
Editor's Note
Purim serves as a cautionary tale against the simplified narrative of one-dimensional victories.
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Divisions Caused by the Coronavirus Magnified at Purim

Tara Kavaler, The Media Line - 0
Israel
Israelis are more polarized than ever during a holiday about unity, but Purim provides ways to connect, rabbi says
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Top Stories

California

UCSD Student Gov’t Passes IHRA

Aaron Bandler - 0
The UC San Diego student government passed a resolution on February 24 endorsing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism. The resolution passed...
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Community

Jonah Sanderson Successfully Navigates His Disability, Aims to Make Jewish Community More Inclusive

Erin Ben-Moche - 0
“You don’t have to have a high school education to be part of the Jewish people.”
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News

Whither Domestic Terrorism?

Jewish Journal Staff - 0
A Jewish Federation call with Tracy Walder discussed the path forward.
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California

Jesse Gabriel Provides Update on Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Aaron Bandler - 0
California State Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, a Democrat, provided the Jewish community with an update on the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) during a February...
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Rosner's Domain

Rosner’s Torah Talk: Parshat Tetzaveh with Avi Hoffman

Shmuel Rosner - 0
This week’s Torah Portion- Parashat Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) – continues giving us the instructions concerning the tabernacle, focusing on the role of the priesthood. Our...
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Columnists

Editor's Notehttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgDavid Suissa - 0

Tiger Woods, A Car Crash and Our Pandemic Year

I saw in the accident a symbol of the horrific pandemic that has upended our lives in countless ways.
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Columnistshttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgMarcus J Freed - 0

Satirical Semite: Protocols of the Medics of Zion

The BBC announced a “challenge trial,” where special volunteers in the United Kingdom will be infected with the virus after being injected with the vaccine.
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Columnistshttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgDan Schnur - 0

Is Biden Faking it on Iran to Attract Europe?

Biden is more interested in appearing to negotiate with Iran than in actually moving forward in any tangible way.
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Commentaryhttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgShmuel Rosner - 0

Iran Negotiations: America’s Inherent Disadvantage

The United States cares about Iran — but not as much as Iran or Israel do.
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Columnistshttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgTabby Refael - 0

Beyond Hamantaschen: How Purim is Celebrated in Iran

Hamantaschen takes the spotlight in the West, but there’s so much more to Purim food traditions.
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Commentaryhttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgMatthew Schultz - 0

Unscrolled, Parashat Tetzaveh: The Emperor Has No Nose

We are being asked by the Torah to picture. This is no small thing.
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Israel

Purim and The Risk of Isolation

Michael J. Koplow -
Jews’ embrace of Purim in the U.S. and Israel is very different.

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Queen Esther Revisited

Alanna Apfel - 0
I invite you to look within and thoughtfully consider the ways that we can be the creators of our own realities this coming year.
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Commentary

Celebrating Purim in a Pandemic

Rabbanit Adena Berkowitz - 0
Jews may be loyal citizens and well-entrenched in society, but can we ever let our guard down?
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Judea Pearl

My Purim Rabbi’s Hat

Judea Pearl - 0
In the past few years, I have come to see a profoundly personal meaning in the story of Purim.
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Commentary

It’s Not Too Late to Protest California’s Flawed Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Micha Danzig - 0
After three strikes against the Jewish people, it is time for us to get out of our seats and into the streets.
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Commentary

Gaining Moral and Ethical Clarity Through the Challenges of Drinking on Purim

Rabbi Yuval Cherlow - 0
Drinking can be done in a way that brightens our world, but almost as easily, it can darken that very same world.
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JJ Podcast Network

PodcastsDavid Suissa - 0

Curious Times Episode 8: Fresh Takes on Hot Topics

Weekly roundup of interesting news and subjects, and creative words of wisdom on the weekly Torah portion. Enjoy the conversation. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen...
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PodcastsErin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz - 0

Exploring the Rise and Fall of Stan Lee with ‘True Believer’ Author Abraham Riesman

Everybody knows Stan Lee, but nobody knows Stan Lee— except people like critically-acclaimed writer Abraham Riesman, who has written a new book about the late...
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PodcastsSalvador Litvak - 0

Rabbi Reuven Wolf: Who Is The Jewish Messiah and When Is He Coming?

Rabbi Reuven Wolf of Maayon Yisroel Chassidic Center, takes us deep into Jewish mysticism as Sal and his rabbi explore some tough questions: Why...
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PodcastsShmuel Rosner - 0

Marc Rosenstein: Contested Utopia

Shmuel Rosner and Marc Rosenstein discuss his latest book, "Contested Utopia: Jewish Dreams and Israeli Realities," out soon. Marc Rosenstein is the Director Emeritus of...
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PodcastsJewish Journal - 0

The Conservative meets the Democrat: Larry Greenfield and Hailey Soifer

 Larry Greenfield is a Fellow at The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy and a frequent columnist with The Jewish...
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Rosner's DomainShmuel Rosner - 0

Rosner’s Torah Talk: Parshat Terumah with Ben Freed

Ben Freed is a 5th (and final)-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Before rabbinical school he lived and...
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Entertainment

Spirits and Scares in ‘The Vigil,’ a Horror Movie with a Hasidic Twist

Gerri Miller - 0
We’ve seen plenty of Jewish horror movies, mostly having to do with the atrocities of the Holocaust. “The Vigil” has an element of that, too, but it’s mainly a...
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Books

Neal Shusterman on Judaism, the Pandemic, and his Latest Book

Eve Rotman -
“My rabbi once said that my stories always seem to have a lot of Talmudic thought in them.”
Entertainment

“‘Til Kingdom Come’ Exposes the Unholy Alliance Between Evangelicals and Israel

Gerri Miller -
Evangelical Christians are the largest humanitarian supporters of Israel, donating $129 million annually via the nonprofit International Fellowship of Christians and Jews to aid...
Books

Connecting the Past to the Present

Cambria Gordon -
Stephanie Dray’s ambitious historical novel, “The Women of Chateau Lafayette” links three indomitable women over history.

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