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After their family's synagogue was the target of antisemitic graffiti, Erin Beser took her children on a hike
After their family's synagogue was the target of antisemitic graffiti, Erin Beser took her children on a hike. (Synagogue picture courtesy Jada Eldrich; picture at right courtesy Erin Beser)
Opinion 

What I Told My Kids When Our Shul was Defaced with a Swastika

JTA

“This is the complicated, real truth of what it means to be Jewish in America right now,” writes Baltimore native Erin Beser, a mother and rabbi’s wife who now lives in suburban Philadelphia.

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(Left) Through the program Best Face Forward 2.0, Megan, a cancer patient in the Dallas area, was able to get a wig and microblading for her eyebrows. (Provided by JTA) (Right) Bailey Kramer was able to keep most of her hair during chemotherapy treatments using a method called cold-capping in which a specially fitted cap freezes the hair follicles during treatment, preserving the strands. (Courtesy of Bailey Kramer via JTA)
Health Care SPONSORED 

Program Helps Breast and Ovarian Cancer Survivors with Mental Health and Self-Image

JTA

Best Face Forward 2.0, run by Sharsheret, the Jewish breast cancer and ovarian cancer organization, offers qualifying women funding for certain non-medical services considered critical to the healing process but not usually fully covered by health insurance. 

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Jewish thought leaders are facing down the uncomfortable implications of chapter nine of the Book of Esther at a time when the Jewish people are responding to the deadliest attack on them since the Holocaust. (Image by freepik on freepik.com)
National Purim Religion 

How Should Jews Observe Purim in the Wake of Oct. 7th?

JTA

Some Jewish scholars and theologians are examining the parallels between Israel’s response to the Hamas attack and chapter nine of Megillat Esther.

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