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The  New York Times announced on Wednesday that it is seeking to hire a full-time reporter to cover Palestinian affairs. “The reporter will focus on Palestinian politics, culture and life in the Gaza Strip and West Bank,” including eastern Jerusalem, “as well as Palestinian citizens of Israel,” along with occasional reporting of the broader region, said the listing. Advertisement '); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: '/', type: 'banner', zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, secure: true }); The position will be based in eastern Jerusalem or Ramallah and will rep...

Your Thursday Briefing repercussions of the U.S. leadership change and the record death toll from Covid-19. Image A fist bump between President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the Capitol in Washington.Credit...Ruth Fremson/The New York Times ‘This is democracy’s day’ Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. on Wednesday became the 46th president of the United States, promising to move the nation forward on a path of unity, while Kamala Harris became the first woman — and the first person of color — to be sworn in as vice president. “Democracy has prevailed,” Mr. Biden said during...

Your Friday Briefing fight climate change and harsh detention conditions for asylum seekers in Australia. Image Passengers wearing protective face masks in Berlin. Requirements on public transportation tightened this week.Credit...Stefanie Loos/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images New mask rules in Europe As European countries brace for a potential surge of coronavirus cases linked to the new variants, countries have reimposed strict lockdown measures, and some have made “medical” grade masks mandatory in some areas. Starting this week in Germany, N95 or surgical-grade masks are compuls...

My Search for Lost Time in a Slice of Jewish Rye When Gottlieb’s Bakery reopened in Savannah, Ga., I rediscovered a taste of my childhood. But that link to the past shattered with a pandemic, and a death. From left, Elliot, Irving, Buster and Isser Gottlieb, behind the counter at the old Gottlieb’s Bakery in downtown Savannah, Ga., in the early 1970s. Elliot’s parents started the bakery in 1884.Credit...Gottlieb's Bakery By Herbert Buchsbaum Was it really as good as I remembered? My wife was asking. For years she’d heard me rhapsodize about the rye bread of my youth, and now, after de...