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Rabbi Capers Funnye, left, and Martha Leah Williams, at the Jewish Africa Conference in New York, Jan. 29, 2019. (Josefin Dolsten)
The conference, hosted by the American Sephardi Federation and the Morocco-based Association Mimouna, is noteworthy because it included speakers from emerging Jewish communities in Africa.
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Rabbi Yehiel Kalish attending the swearing-in of Dafna Michaelson Jenet, his sister, at the Colorado House of Representatives in Denver, Jan. 11, 2017. (Courtesy of Michaelson Jenet)
The siblings are united by their commitment to serving their communities and the inspiration they draw from Judaism.
Read MoreMandy Silverman, 40, is among a growing number of home bakers making a business out of their love of all things challah.
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Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan, a young participant at the 2018 Los Angeles Women’s March, Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Women’s March participants in Las Vegas in 2018. (Clockwise from top left) (JTA Collage/Farrakhan Photo: Monica Morgan/WireImage/Getty Images; Girl Photo: Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images; Mallory, Sarsour and protestors Photos: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
JTA looked back at the anti-Semitism allegations made against the march and how leaders responded.
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People participating in the 2018 Women’s March in New York City, Jan. 20, 2018. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)
“It’s really difficult to be supportive of a movement that has anti-Semitic undertones when I’m trying to raise a strong Jewish daughter.” –Alyssa Weinstein-Sears
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Protesters in Philadelphia gather to urge an end to the government shutdown, Jan. 8, 2019. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Jewish federal employees who are struggling with expenses due to the government shutdown can now find some relief.
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Elliot Draznin is the president of a Jewish sorority but does not identify as a woman. (Courtesy of Draznin)
Despite the new identity, the fourth-year business student wanted to remain a member of the sorority “colony,” whose vision is “to provide a Jewish environment for collegiate women to grow as individuals and leaders.”
Read MoreOver decades, the Kraft family has given more than half a billion dollars to causes including health care, education, the Jewish community, Christian organizations and local needs.
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Angela Davis speaks onstage at the Busboys and Poets' Peace Ball: Voices of Hope and Resistance at National Museum Of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2017. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Busboys and Poets)
Angela Davis, a prominent civil rights activist and Birmingham native, is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.
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Khashayar “Shaye” Khatiri started a fundraiser that has raised more than $1 million for Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue. (Courtesy of Khatiri)
As 2018 comes to a close, JTA looked back at some of the heartwarming stories they reported on this year.
Read MoreThe Women’s March is in disarray, with leaders facing allegations of mismanagement and local chapters seeking to go their own way out of either political or logistical self-interest.
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