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Photo courtesy of Kate Schmier" title="This year’s U.S. delegation to the ISSI program poses for a photo on the Weizmann Institute’s campus. Natalia Hajlasz is seventh from the right, behind the young man in the blue T-shirt who is holding the American flag; she is holding the right corner of the flag. 


Photo courtesy of Kate Schmier" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Immersive</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/before-harvard-allderdice-grad-spends-summer-in-israel/">Before Harvard, Allderdice grad spends summer in Israel</a>
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								By <a title="Adam Reinherz" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/adam-reinherz/">Adam Reinherz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/hadassah-members-reflect-on-100-years-in-pittsburgh/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Hadassah-rev-2-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Dr. Daniel E. Jackson, son of Montefiore Hospital&#039;s first president, Henry Jackson, attending a tree planting ceremony in Palestine with the first graduates of the Nurses&#039; Training School, later known as the Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing, 1921.  This was the first nursing school in Palestine and was supported by money raised in local Hadassah chapters throughout the United States. 


Courtesy of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc." title="Dr. Daniel E. Jackson, son of Montefiore Hospital&#039;s first president, Henry Jackson, attending a tree planting ceremony in Palestine with the first graduates of the Nurses&#039; Training School, later known as the Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing, 1921.  This was the first nursing school in Palestine and was supported by money raised in local Hadassah chapters throughout the United States. 


Courtesy of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc." /></a>
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						<span class="label">Becoming 100</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/hadassah-members-reflect-on-100-years-in-pittsburgh/">Hadassah members reflect on 100 years in Pittsburgh</a>
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								By <a title="Adam Reinherz" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/adam-reinherz/">Adam Reinherz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/apples-honey-and-all-things-sweet-to-start-new-year/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Goldren-Delicious_2-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Golden Delicious apples are always a favorite.


Photo by Francis M. Squires" title="Golden Delicious apples are always a favorite.


Photo by Francis M. Squires" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Pleasant symbols</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/apples-honey-and-all-things-sweet-to-start-new-year/">Apples, honey and all things sweet to start new year</a>
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								By <a title="Adam Reinherz" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/adam-reinherz/">Adam Reinherz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/federations-annual-meeting-highlights-volunteers/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Woody-Nancy-Ostrow-Congratulate-Chuck-Perlow-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Woody and Nancy Ostrow congratulate Chuck Perlow, recipient of the Spector Award, as Perlow gets a hug from Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Jeff Finkelstein at the Federation’s 2017 annual meeting.


Photo by Joshua Franzos" title="Woody and Nancy Ostrow congratulate Chuck Perlow, recipient of the Spector Award, as Perlow gets a hug from Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Jeff Finkelstein at the Federation’s 2017 annual meeting.


Photo by Joshua Franzos" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Year of changes</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/federations-annual-meeting-highlights-volunteers/">Federation’s annual meeting highlights volunteers</a>
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								By <a title="Adam Reinherz" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/adam-reinherz/">Adam Reinherz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/summer-camp-memories-bring-smiles-and-introspection/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/Camp-Hemshekh-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Helane Linzer and her father pose for a photoin 1969 in Mountaindale, N.Y., with the camp’s new sign.	Photo courtesy of Helane Linzer" title="Helane Linzer and her father pose for a photoin 1969 in Mountaindale, N.Y., with the camp’s new sign.	Photo courtesy of Helane Linzer" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Different camp</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/summer-camp-memories-bring-smiles-and-introspection/">Summer camp memories bring smiles and introspection</a>
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								By <a title="Adam Reinherz" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/adam-reinherz/">Adam Reinherz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/el-al-nefesh-bnefesh-fly-pittsburgher-to-reunite-with-lone-soldier/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/Tamara-Aharon3-rev-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Photo courtesy of Nefesh B&#039;Nefesh" title="Photo courtesy of Nefesh B&#039;Nefesh" /></a>
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						<span class="label">No family in Israel</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/el-al-nefesh-bnefesh-fly-pittsburgher-to-reunite-with-lone-soldier/">El Al, Nefesh B’Nefesh fly Pittsburgher to reunite with lone soldier</a>
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								By <a title="Toby Tabachnick" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/toby-tabachnick/">Toby Tabachnick</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-leon-morris-has-local-ties-leads-pardes-institute/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/Rabbi-Leon-Morris-revised-for-new-1-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Rabbi Leon Morris  Photo courtesy of Rabbi Leon Morris" title="Rabbi Leon Morris  Photo courtesy of Rabbi Leon Morris" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Almost local</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-leon-morris-has-local-ties-leads-pardes-institute/">Rabbi Leon Morris has local ties, leads Pardes Institute</a>
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								By <a title="Toby Tabachnick" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/toby-tabachnick/">Toby Tabachnick</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/robotic-cats-in-play-at-jewish-association-on-aging/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/DSC_0253-copy-rev-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Photo courtesy of Jewish Association on Aging" title="Photo courtesy of Jewish Association on Aging" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Companion pet</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/robotic-cats-in-play-at-jewish-association-on-aging/">Robotic cats in play at Jewish Association on Aging</a>
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								By <a title="Adam Reinherz" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/adam-reinherz/">Adam Reinherz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/pittsburgh-jewish-chronicle-launches-new-website/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/Chronicle-2-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" title="" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Modernization needed</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/pittsburgh-jewish-chronicle-launches-new-website/">Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle launches new website</a>
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								By <a title="Toby Tabachnick" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/toby-tabachnick/">Toby Tabachnick</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/j-streets-elsner-weighs-in-on-israel-as-well-as-u-s/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/Alan-Elsner-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Alan Elsner	Photo courtesy of Alan Elsner" title="Alan Elsner	Photo courtesy of Alan Elsner" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Broadened issues</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/j-streets-elsner-weighs-in-on-israel-as-well-as-u-s/">J Street’s Elsner weighs in on Israel as well as U.S</a>
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								By <a title="Toby Tabachnick" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/toby-tabachnick/">Toby Tabachnick</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/jewish-community-center-takes-on-civic-engagement/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/IMG_3512rev-400x250.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Area clergy gather in front of the JCC, singing “We Shall Overcome” in a demonstration organized by the JCC’s newly formed Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement, and Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania.	

Photo by Toby Tabachnick" title="Area clergy gather in front of the JCC, singing “We Shall Overcome” in a demonstration organized by the JCC’s newly formed Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement, and Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania.	

Photo by Toby Tabachnick" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Love your neighbor</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/jewish-community-center-takes-on-civic-engagement/">Jewish Community Center takes on &#8216;civic engagement&#8217;</a>
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								By <a title="Toby Tabachnick" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/toby-tabachnick/">Toby Tabachnick</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/chronicle-launches-new-website/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/JC-beta-400x250.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="JC beta" title="JC beta" /></a>
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						<span class="label">New look</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/chronicle-launches-new-website/">Chronicle launches new website</a>
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								By <a title="Toby Tabachnick" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/toby-tabachnick/">Toby Tabachnick</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/local-little-leaguers-enjoy-competition/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/Squirrel-Hill-little-league-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Players pose for a photo after an exhibition game between members of the Perth Heat Colts and the all-stars of Squirrel Hill baseball teams.	


Photo by Adam Reinherz" title="Players pose for a photo after an exhibition game between members of the Perth Heat Colts and the all-stars of Squirrel Hill baseball teams.	


Photo by Adam Reinherz" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Differences dissolve</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/local-little-leaguers-enjoy-competition/">Local little leaguers enjoy competition</a>
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								By <a title="Adam Reinherz" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/adam-reinherz/">Adam Reinherz</a>							</div>
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Photo by David Klein" title="Latif Jiji poses for a photo at his Upper East Side winery, which dates back 40 years.	


Photo by David Klein" /></a>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/juan-mejia-a-modern-global-rabbi/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Juan-Mejia-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Juan Mejia is pictured with a converted couple in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.	


Photo courtesy of Rabbi Juan Mejia" title="Juan Mejia is pictured with a converted couple in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.	


Photo courtesy of Rabbi Juan Mejia" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Go-to guy</span>						<div class="headline">
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/haredi-therapist-and-medic-from-israel-helping-in-houston/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Miriam-Balek-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="p	Miriam Ballin poses for a photo with her baby daughter at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem.

Photo courtesy of Miriam Ballin" title="p	Miriam Ballin poses for a photo with her baby daughter at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem.

Photo courtesy of Miriam Ballin" /></a>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-shai-held-shapes-conversation-around-love-and-politics/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Rabbi-Shai-Held-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Rabbi Shai Held, a co-founder of Mechon Hadar, a traditional egalitarian yeshiva, has just released a book of Torah commentaries. 	


Photo courtesy of Mechon Hadar" title="Rabbi Shai Held, a co-founder of Mechon Hadar, a traditional egalitarian yeshiva, has just released a book of Torah commentaries. 	


Photo courtesy of Mechon Hadar" /></a>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/chef-wants-vegan-to-be-the-new-kosher/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/mark-reinfeld-revised-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Chef Mark Reinfeld spent time on a kibbutz.	  Photo courtesy of Mark Reinfeld" title="Chef Mark Reinfeld spent time on a kibbutz.	  Photo courtesy of Mark Reinfeld" /></a>
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Photo by Toby Tabachnick" title="Area clergy gather in front of the JCC, singing “We Shall Overcome” in a demonstration organized by the JCC’s newly formed Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement, and Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania.	

Photo by Toby Tabachnick" /></a>
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Photo by Sara Mayo" title="From left: Coach Zack Smith, Tyler Shapiro, Ziv Mayo, Caleb Evoy, Caleb Greenwald, Nathan Dinner and Garrett Grodin	


Photo by Sara Mayo" /></a>
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Photo provided by Helen Blier" title="From left, Helen Blier; Esther Menn, dean of academic affairs at the Lutheran School of Theology Chicago; Lallene Rector, co-leader of the trip (with Rabbi Yehiel Poupko) and president of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary; and David Sandmel, rabbi and director of Interfaith Affairs for the ADL, listen to a presentation about EcoPeace. 	


Photo provided by Helen Blier" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Not convinced</span>						<div class="headline">
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/why-more-israelis-are-moving-to-the-us/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/israelis-copy-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Children wave Israeli and American flags at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City.


Photo by Perry Bindelglass" title="Children wave Israeli and American flags at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City.


Photo by Perry Bindelglass" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Mostly in NY and LA</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/why-more-israelis-are-moving-to-the-us/">Why more Israelis are moving to the US</a>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/christian-zionists-still-uncertain-about-trump/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/07/Hagee-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Pastor John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel, shakes hands with Vice President Mike Pence at CUFI’s annual conference in July. 
(Photo by Kasim Hafeez/CUFI)" title="Pastor John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel, shakes hands with Vice President Mike Pence at CUFI’s annual conference in July. 
(Photo by Kasim Hafeez/CUFI)" /></a>
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								By <a title="Ron Kampeas" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/ron-kampeas/">Ron Kampeas</a>							</div>
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						<span class="label">Threat concerns</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/no-appointee-to-monitor-anti-semitism-yet/">No appointee to monitor anti-Semitism yet</a>
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								By <a title="Rachel Winicov" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/rachel-winicov/">Rachel Winicov</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/80-percent-of-reform-rabbis-are-democrats-most-of-any-other-clergy/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/06/1VHX_Rick_Jacobs__1_-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Union for Reform Judaism president, addresses the audience at the movement’s biennial conference in Orlando, Fla., in November 2015. 	(Photo courtesy of URJ)" title="Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Union for Reform Judaism president, addresses the audience at the movement’s biennial conference in Orlando, Fla., in November 2015. 	(Photo courtesy of URJ)" /></a>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/80-percent-of-reform-rabbis-are-democrats-most-of-any-other-clergy/">80 percent of Reform rabbis are Democrats, most of any other clergy</a>
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								By <a title="Ben Sales" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/ben-sales/">Ben Sales</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/shooting-in-alexandria-va-targets-congressmen/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/06/shooting-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Investigators at Eugene Simpson Field in Alexandria, Va., the site where a gunman opened fire, June 14, 2017. (McNamee/Getty Images)" title="Investigators at Eugene Simpson Field in Alexandria, Va., the site where a gunman opened fire, June 14, 2017. (McNamee/Getty Images)" /></a>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/maya-beiser-wants-classical-music-to-rock-like-janis-joplin/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Maya-Beiser-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Maya Beiser performs an orchestral version of David Bowie’s “Blackstar” album at the L’Auditori in Barcelona, Spain in July. 	


Photo by Robert Marquardt/Redfern" title="Maya Beiser performs an orchestral version of David Bowie’s “Blackstar” album at the L’Auditori in Barcelona, Spain in July. 	


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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/maya-beiser-wants-classical-music-to-rock-like-janis-joplin/">Maya Beiser wants classical music  to rock like Janis Joplin</a>
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								By <a title="Gabe Friedman" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/gabe-friedman/">Gabe Friedman</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/juan-mejia-a-modern-global-rabbi/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Juan-Mejia-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Juan Mejia is pictured with a converted couple in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.	


Photo courtesy of Rabbi Juan Mejia" title="Juan Mejia is pictured with a converted couple in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.	


Photo courtesy of Rabbi Juan Mejia" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Go-to guy</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/juan-mejia-a-modern-global-rabbi/">Juan Mejia, a modern global rabbi</a>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/after-conan-israeli-hotel-aims-to-make-sea-of-galilee-luxury-destination/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Lady-at-pool-rev-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A woman sunbathes at the Setai hotel on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. 	


Photo by Andrew Tobin" title="A woman sunbathes at the Setai hotel on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. 	


Photo by Andrew Tobin" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Hotel on the Kinneret</span>						<div class="headline">
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								By <a title="Andrew Tobin" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/andrew-tobin/">Andrew Tobin</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/before-harvard-allderdice-grad-spends-summer-in-israel/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Bessie-ISSI-2017-2-rev-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="This year’s U.S. delegation to the ISSI program poses for a photo on the Weizmann Institute’s campus. Natalia Hajlasz is seventh from the right, behind the young man in the blue T-shirt who is holding the American flag; she is holding the right corner of the flag. 


Photo courtesy of Kate Schmier" title="This year’s U.S. delegation to the ISSI program poses for a photo on the Weizmann Institute’s campus. Natalia Hajlasz is seventh from the right, behind the young man in the blue T-shirt who is holding the American flag; she is holding the right corner of the flag. 


Photo courtesy of Kate Schmier" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Immersive</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/before-harvard-allderdice-grad-spends-summer-in-israel/">Before Harvard, Allderdice grad spends summer in Israel</a>
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								By <a title="Adam Reinherz" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/adam-reinherz/">Adam Reinherz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/haredi-therapist-and-medic-from-israel-helping-in-houston/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Miriam-Balek-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="p	Miriam Ballin poses for a photo with her baby daughter at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem.

Photo courtesy of Miriam Ballin" title="p	Miriam Ballin poses for a photo with her baby daughter at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem.

Photo courtesy of Miriam Ballin" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Native goes to help</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/haredi-therapist-and-medic-from-israel-helping-in-houston/">Haredi therapist and medic from Israel helping in Houston</a>
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								By <a title="Andrew Tobin" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/andrew-tobin/">Andrew Tobin</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/israelis-throwing-themselves-one-of-a-kind-weddings/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/Forrest-full-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="An Israeli couple pose at their wedding in the northern Israeli forest.


Photo by Yoav Alon" title="An Israeli couple pose at their wedding in the northern Israeli forest.


Photo by Yoav Alon" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Creativity is key</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/israelis-throwing-themselves-one-of-a-kind-weddings/">Israelis throwing themselves one-of-a kind weddings</a>
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								By <a title="Andrew Tobin" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/andrew-tobin/">Andrew Tobin</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/rebellious-new-likudniks-are-crashing-netanyahus-party/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/09/netanyahu-bitan-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confers with Knesset member David Bitan at a Likud party meeting at the parliament in Jerusalem. 


Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90" title="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confers with Knesset member David Bitan at a Likud party meeting at the parliament in Jerusalem. 


Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Investigation ongoing</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/rebellious-new-likudniks-are-crashing-netanyahus-party/">Rebellious New Likudniks are crashing Netanyahu’s party</a>
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								By <a title="Andrew Tobin" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/andrew-tobin/">Andrew Tobin</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/j-streets-elsner-weighs-in-on-israel-as-well-as-u-s/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/Alan-Elsner-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Alan Elsner	Photo courtesy of Alan Elsner" title="Alan Elsner	Photo courtesy of Alan Elsner" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Broadened issues</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/j-streets-elsner-weighs-in-on-israel-as-well-as-u-s/">J Street’s Elsner weighs in on Israel as well as U.S</a>
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								By <a title="Toby Tabachnick" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/toby-tabachnick/">Toby Tabachnick</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/jewish-community-center-takes-on-civic-engagement/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/IMG_3512rev-400x250.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Area clergy gather in front of the JCC, singing “We Shall Overcome” in a demonstration organized by the JCC’s newly formed Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement, and Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania.	

Photo by Toby Tabachnick" title="Area clergy gather in front of the JCC, singing “We Shall Overcome” in a demonstration organized by the JCC’s newly formed Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement, and Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania.	

Photo by Toby Tabachnick" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Love your neighbor</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/jewish-community-center-takes-on-civic-engagement/">Jewish Community Center takes on &#8216;civic engagement&#8217;</a>
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								By <a title="Toby Tabachnick" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/toby-tabachnick/">Toby Tabachnick</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/chronicle-launches-new-website/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/JC-beta-400x250.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="JC beta" title="JC beta" /></a>
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						<span class="label">New look</span>						<div class="headline">
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								By <a title="Toby Tabachnick" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/toby-tabachnick/">Toby Tabachnick</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/why-more-israelis-are-moving-to-the-us/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/08/israelis-copy-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Children wave Israeli and American flags at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City.


Photo by Perry Bindelglass" title="Children wave Israeli and American flags at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City.


Photo by Perry Bindelglass" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Mostly in NY and LA</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/why-more-israelis-are-moving-to-the-us/">Why more Israelis are moving to the US</a>
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								By <a title="Ben Sales" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/ben-sales/">Ben Sales</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/free-choice-of-partners-triggers-debate-in-europe/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/07/Poster-2-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Shirin Musa hands out fliers in Rotterdam featuring images from the poster campaign on free choice of partners.
(Photo courtesy of Femme for Freedom)" title="Shirin Musa hands out fliers in Rotterdam featuring images from the poster campaign on free choice of partners.
(Photo courtesy of Femme for Freedom)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Counter radicalism</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/free-choice-of-partners-triggers-debate-in-europe/">Free choice of partners triggers debate in Europe</a>
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								By <a title="Cnaan Liphshiz" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/cnaan-liphshiz/">Cnaan Liphshiz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/chechnya-angry-at-israel/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/07/Mosei-Yunayev--400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Mosei Yunayev speaks at the International Islamic Mission Forum in Makhachkala, Russia, in March.  
(Photo courtesy of the International Islamic Mission)" title="Mosei Yunayev speaks at the International Islamic Mission Forum in Makhachkala, Russia, in March.  
(Photo courtesy of the International Islamic Mission)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">In disagreement</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/chechnya-angry-at-israel/">Chechnya angry at Israel</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Cnaan Liphshiz" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/cnaan-liphshiz/">Cnaan Liphshiz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/newcomer-avi-gabbay-to-head-labor-party/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/07/Avi-Gabbay-1-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Avi Gabbay attends a news conference after winning the Labor Party primary 
in Tel Aviv.	
(Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)" title="Avi Gabbay attends a news conference after winning the Labor Party primary 
in Tel Aviv.	
(Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Primary winner</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/newcomer-avi-gabbay-to-head-labor-party/">Newcomer Avi Gabbay to head Labor Party</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Andrew Tobin" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/andrew-tobin/">Andrew Tobin</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/avi-steinberg-rachel-dixon-marry-at-games/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/07/macabbiah-wedding-rev-400x250.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Avi Steinberg and Rachel Dixon were married at the Maccabiah Games’ opening ceremony in Jerusalem.
(YouTube image)" title="Avi Steinberg and Rachel Dixon were married at the Maccabiah Games’ opening ceremony in Jerusalem.
(YouTube image)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Opening ceremony</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/avi-steinberg-rachel-dixon-marry-at-games/">Avi Steinberg, Rachel Dixon marry at Games</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Joshua Runyan" href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/writers/joshua-runyan/">Joshua Runyan</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/corbyn-british-jews-shouldnt-abandon-labour/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/jewishchronicle/uploads/2017/06/Ben-Cohen-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Ben Cohen

(JTS.com)" title="Ben Cohen

(JTS.com)" /></a>
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Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90" title="Education Minister Naftali Bennett, is the architect of a new policy that could ban political opinions in Israeli classrooms. 

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(Photo courtesy of Cynthia Shamash)" title="Cynthia Shamash’s website Eldelala connects Jews of Middle Eastern descent who are looking for love.
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Photo by Robert Marquardt/Redfern" title="Maya Beiser performs an orchestral version of David Bowie’s “Blackstar” album at the L’Auditori in Barcelona, Spain in July. 	


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Photo by Perry Bindelglass" title="Children wave Israeli and American flags at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City.


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(Photo courtesy of Roadside Attractions)" title="Ronny Merhavi, Noa Koler, and Dafi Alferon in “The Wedding Plan”

(Photo courtesy of Roadside Attractions)" /></a>
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