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Shira Feder
Irene Fogel Weiss points to a photo of herself upon arrival in Auschwitz in May 1944. (Lesley Weiss/ via JTA)
February 10, 2021, 1:50 am
On surviving Auschwitz. And watching a man in Camp Auschwitz shirt storm Capitol
Irene Fogel Weiss, 90, who lost most of her family in the camp, saw the January 6 assault unfold on TV from her nearby home. She has a message for US Jews
By Shira Feder
Andie Bond in her Wallace, Idaho, home, with her mezuzah. (Andie Bond via JTA)
February 9, 2021, 3:45 am
Meet a Jewish woman living in a former Aryan Nations stronghold
Most of the stereotypes she is subjected to are a result of ignorance, not prejudice or malice, says Andie Bond, one of only two Jews living in Wallace, Idaho
By Shira Feder
Bruce Becker behind the counter at Max and Mina's. (Shira Feder/ JTA)
February 5, 2021, 2:43 am
World-famous kosher NYC ice cream parlor helps lick COVID woes
Max and Mina’s in Queens has risen to the top of international creamery lists with inventive flavors like pizza and gefilte fish; nearby loyalists keep it afloat in tough times
By Shira Feder
Two women, one wearing a tallit, blow the shofar amid the Capitol rioting, Jan. 6, 2021. (Lloyd Wolf via JTA)
January 14, 2021, 5:58 am
Storming of the Capitol through the lens of a veteran Jewish DC photographer
Lloyd Wolf on women blowing the shofar to bring down the walls like Joshua, fascists like those who forced his father to flee Germany, and PTSD like after a Jerusalem bombing
By Shira Feder
Ivanka Trump listens during a campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, on January 4, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
January 7, 2021, 11:35 pm
Ivanka Trump called DC mob ‘American patriots’ in now-deleted tweet
US president’s daughter faces backlash for social media post on storming of Capitol, in which she said ‘any security breach or disrespect to our law enforcement is unacceptable’
By Shira Feder
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., stops to look at damage in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 7, 2021, after protesters stormed the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
January 7, 2021, 5:04 pm
Rabbis in DC and beyond rush to calm congregants after deadly riot at US Capitol
Violent, pro-Trump mob brings knee-jerk recall of historic anti-Semitism; rabbis send soothing prayers while also doing some soul searching about long-term stability in the US
By Gabe Friedman and Shira Feder
Rabbi Aaron Potek blows a shofar while recording a TikTok video in front of a watermelon mural on September 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images/ via JTA/SUE)
January 1, 2021, 2:24 am
Jewish life around the world in 2020: Month by month in pictures
The year began with a historic 25,000-person march against anti-Semitism in New York City, and ends with a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Here’s what happened in between
By Shira Feder
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