(JTA) — There’s no sugarcoating it: 2020 was a difficult, trying, tragic year.But just because COVID-19 dominated the headlines and our personal lives, that doesn’t mean there weren’t any Jewish bright spots. Plenty of history was made, from a...
Deni Avdija of Maccabi Tel Aviv handles the ball against the Serbian team Crvena Zvezda in a EuroLeague game in Belgrade, March 6, 2020. (Marko Metlas/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images)
A Holocaust survivor and the companion “pet” provided as part of the Blue Card's pet therapy program during the pandemic, bringing comfort and happiness to recipients with interactive cats and dogs that replicate the look, sounds and feel of real...
President of the European Council Charles Michel attends a virtual meeting with the leaders of Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg in the Europa, the EU Council headquarters, in Brussels, Dec. 2, 2020. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
Top row, from left: Rabbi Lane Steinger, Rabbi Rachel Bearman, Rabbi Garth Silberstein and Rabbi Carnie Rose. Second row: Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg, Rabbi Karen Bogard, Rabbi Janine Schloss and Rabbi Noah Arnow. Bottom row: Rabbi Elizabeth Hersh and Rabbi...
Secretary of state nominee Tony Blinken speaks at a Cabinet announcement event in Wilmington, Del., as President-elect Joe Biden looks on, Nov. 24, 2020. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
Tony Blinken, when he was deputy secretary of state, is seen at a news conference at the State Department, Aug. 10, 2016. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
The Haim sisters, from left, Danielle, Este and Alana, at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., Feb. 9, 2020. (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks alongside Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi after a security briefing on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on the border with Syria, Nov. 19, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
A screenshot from Central Reform Congregation’s High Holidays services shows (clockwise from top left) Rabbi James Stone Goodman, Rabbi Susan Talve, Rabbi Randy Fleisher, Rabbi Daniel Bogard, Rabbi Karen Bogard and Leslie Caplan.
Thousands of New Yorkers convene at the “No Hate. No Fear” solidarity march against anti-Semitism in January 2020. The march followed a year in which attacks against Jews spiked. Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images
Aleeza Granote (at left) and a participant at a card-making event for Card Care Connection at Family Partners Adult Day Services.Granote, a pediatric oncology social worker at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, founded Card Care Connection,...
