First Person

I talked to the ‘anti-Semitic’ Swiss hotel owner. It’s more complicated than you think.

Two sheets of paper and bitter memories ended up dealing a painful blow to a tactless businesswoman and the further poisoning of Israel's relations with Bern.

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 18, 2017 1:00 pm

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I am a rabbi, and my place was in Charlottesville

I cannot let Nazi flags fly in my state without response, writes a rabbi from Northern Virginia.

August 15, 2017 5:55 pm

First Person

The time Israeli security strip-searched me at their embassy in Jordan

When JTA's Uriel Heilman visited Israel's embassy in Amman, he had no idea he'd be expected to let a guard peek inside his underwear.

July 25, 2017 2:58 pm

First Person

‘I have a feeling the war is going to start tomorrow’: Three days in June 1967

By Abraham Rabinovich May 24, 2017 2:05 pm

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Ma, on this Mother’s Day, thank you for the life you led

By Daniel S. Mariaschin May 3, 2017 4:29 pm

First Person

I’m Jewish and I just became an EU citizen. It feels a little like boarding the Titanic.

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 2, 2017 2:29 pm

First Person

This year my Passover seder will be at Wrigley Field

By Molly Tolsky April 6, 2017 2:32 pm

First Person

Lies I told about my dog

By Ron Kampeas March 10, 2017 5:33 pm

First Person

Purim: A dark story, a crazy party, and a call to leadership

By Abigail Pogrebin February 24, 2017 12:31 pm

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Uncovering my family’s hidden Holocaust stories

By Noah Lederman January 27, 2017 7:56 am

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First Person

I talked to the ‘anti-Semitic’ Swiss hotel owner. It’s more complicated than you think.

The time Israeli security strip-searched me at their embassy in Jordan

‘I have a feeling the war is going to start tomorrow’: Three days in June 1967

Ma, on this Mother’s Day, thank you for the life you led

I’m Jewish and I just became an EU citizen. It feels a little like boarding the Titanic.

This year my Passover seder will be at Wrigley Field

Lies I told about my dog

Purim: A dark story, a crazy party, and a call to leadership

Uncovering my family’s hidden Holocaust stories

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