A Feb. 18 panel discussion at the BBYO International Convention in Baltimore featured (left to right) freelance music journalist Eve Barlow, Zach Banner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Josh Kraft of Kraft Family Philanthropies and Jadyn Davidson, regional president from BBYO's Keystone Mountain Region. (Jason Dixson Photography, provided by JTA)

BBYO Gathering in Baltimore Attracts Thousands of Teens from Around the Globe

Last weekend’s international BBYO conference is believed to be the largest in-person Jewish event since the start of the pandemic.

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell (left) is shown here in 2001 with the late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem. (Getty Images/Pool photo, via JTA)

Colin Powell, Who Brokered the Middle East ‘Road Map’ to Peace, Dies at 84

The son of Jamaican immigrants who grew up in the Bronx, Powell was the first secretary of state to speak Yiddish as a second language.

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Del. Shane E. Pendergrass (D-13th): “I have a long history of, when people do things that are unacceptable, of standing up and letting them know." (James M. Thresher/The The Washington Post via Getty Images via JTA)

Maryland Del. Shane Pendergrass Condemns Colleague’s Holocaust Comparison on the House Floor

Howard County lawmaker makes headlines after fellow delegate invokes the Holocaust while talking about mental health care treatment for children.

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