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Tova Ricardo

Tova Ricardo

Tova Ricardo is an award-winning spoken word poet, writer, and Jewish advocate from the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a digital producer with the Tel Aviv Institute, a nonprofit that uses social media to promote Jewish and Zionist perspectives. Follow her on Instagram @tovathepoet.

Janet Heller is CEO of Chapter 510, a youth writing center in Oakland.
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: She gives Oakland youth a place to share their truths

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo July 17, 2019August 2, 2019
(From left) Leili Davari, Jonathan Matus, Gilad Shamri, Alona Metz, Misha Safyan, Angel Alvarez-Mapp and Courtney Cardin. (Photo/Snir Kazir)
Posted inBay Area, Israel, News

Four from Bay Area at annual Israel gathering for people improving the world through ‘innovation’

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo July 15, 2019October 2, 2019
One of the photos on display at the Jewish Heritage Museum at the Reutlinger Community in Danville as part of "Israel Street Life: Through the Lens of Dick Hyman"
Posted inPhotography

Photos of ‘Israel Street Life’ on display at Jewish Heritage Museum

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo July 11, 2019
Diana Somorjai (left) and Molly Weiner (right) have been selected for the Bronfman Fellowship.
Posted inNews

Two local students chosen as Bronfman Fellows

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo June 20, 2019June 20, 2019
Congregation Beth Ami in Santa Rosa, which was a hub for Jewish relief efforts during 2017 wildfires, will host an emergency preparedness fair on June 23. (Photo/Norm Levin)
Posted inNorthern California

Free emergency preparedness fair in North Bay

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo June 19, 2019June 19, 2019
Limmud Bay Area 2015 at Sonoma State University
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Limmud Bay Area brings immersive Jewish learning, registration closing soon

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo June 19, 2019June 19, 2019
Tova Ricardo smiling
Posted inLocal Voice, Youth Voice, Opinion

For Jewish biracial teen activist, poetry is power, heritage is strength

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo May 14, 2017May 12, 2017

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