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Sue Fishkoff

Sue Fishkoff is the editor emerita of J. She can be reached at [email protected].

Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of a Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021 (Courtesy Office of the Governor)
Posted inCalifornia

Newsom OKs extra $30M in nonprofit security funds, heads to Israel

by Sue Fishkoff October 19, 2023October 21, 2023
Holocaust survivor Joe Alexander shares his testimony with teachers from across California at the JFCS-coordinated California Teachers Collaborative's Summer Institute. (Courtesy)
Posted inEducation

Big push to improve state’s Holocaust and genocide education 

by Sue Fishkoff October 17, 2023October 22, 2023
Offir Gutelzon, co-founder of the Israeli expat protest group UnXeptable, hugs Marco Sermoneta, Israel's S.F.-based consul general, at an Oct. 8 gathering at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco in support of Israel, which was infiltrated and attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

In S.F., hundreds join urgent gathering to support Israel at war

by Sue Fishkoff October 8, 2023October 13, 2023
Rabbi Evon Yakar of Temple Bat Yam in South Lake Tahoe, California, speaks before the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors prior to the board's vote to rescind "American Christian Heritage Month," Sept. 19, 2023. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

California county reverses course on controversial ‘American Christian Heritage Month’ proclamation

by Sue Fishkoff September 19, 2023September 21, 2023
El Dorado County Supervisors (from left) George Turnboo, Wendy Thomas, John Hidahl, Brooke Laine and Lori Parlin. Only Parlin voted against a July resolution declaring a "Christian Heritage Month" in El Dorado County. (Photo/El Dorado County Board of Supervisors)
Posted inNorthern California

UPDATED: Opposition swells after El Dorado County proclaims ‘Christian Heritage Month’

by Sue Fishkoff September 11, 2023September 13, 2023
Adnan Jaber and Israeli politician Tsipi Livni at an event in Israel, June 19, 2023.
Posted inFirst Person

Tech put this Palestinian activist on a path to build peace

by Sue Fishkoff July 7, 2023July 14, 2023
Migrants who were sent to Sacramento by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were hosted by members of Congregation B'nai Israel, for whom the migrants prepared a Shabbat dinner on June 16, 2023. (Photo/Eve Panush)
Posted inNews

DeSantis ‘dumped’ some migrants in Sacramento. A synagogue stepped up to host them.

by Sue Fishkoff July 6, 2023July 10, 2023
illustration: a black silhouette of a perched bird against a background of flames
Posted inBooks

Q&A: All Jews go to hell in Oakland writer’s ‘irreligious’ novel

by Sue Fishkoff June 28, 2023June 29, 2023
A member of Congregation Shirat Ha-Yam in Odesa, Ukraine, with a power generator donated by members of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills.
Posted inNews

Congregation Beth Am is sending vital aid to Ukrainian Jewish communities

by Sue Fishkoff May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Leo Hmelnitsky and the driver who helped him cross the Ukrainian border in 2022.
Posted inBay Area

Walnut Creek man on a mission for Ukraine

by Sue Fishkoff February 27, 2023February 28, 2023

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