Hundreds descend on Sacramento to lobby for Jewish interests By Gabe Stutman May 19, 2022 Willie Armstrong, the chief of staff to state Assemblymember Chris Holden, looked rushed. The former Air Force service member, wearing a dark suit and an American flag pinned to his lapel, had only 10 or 15 minutes to spare before he needed to get back to his office during a busy period in the legislative… Read More
Tech Why it’s so hard to take hate sites off the internet After a white supremacist allegedly gunned down 10 African-Americans at a Buffalo grocery store Saturday, two of the social media websites he used to plan… By Arno Rosenfeld, Forward May 19, 2022
Bay Area Matt Haney’s Jewish roots: public service and doing his grandpa proud Upon taking the oath of office at his swearing-in ceremony for the state Assembly on May 4, San Francisco’s Matt Haney also became the 19th member of the… By Emma Goss May 19, 2022
U.S. The Christian voice behind a Jewish anti-abortion group After the Supreme Court agreed to hear the abortion case that is now roiling the nation, one of the groups that weighed in was a small nonprofit called… By Louis Keene, Forward May 19, 2022
History Jewish immigrant story part of new museum on Angel Island Heather Klein recalls being moved to tears of joy when she saw her Jewish grandmother’s story featured in an exhibit at the new Angel Island Immigration… By Larry Sokoloff May 18, 2022
U.S. Q&A: Buffalo’s Jewish community responds to mass shooting A mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, N.Y. killed 10 and wounded three, and opened a national conversation about the insidiousness of… By Rudy Malcom, Forward May 18, 2022
Bay Area Funding boost for Berkeley Hillel, Israeli visiting scholar at Stanford The Hillel center at UC Berkeley, helmed by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman, has just been given a seven-figure matching grant that will endow the executive… By Maya Mirsky May 18, 2022
U.S. More than 1,000 Jews rally in DC to support abortion rights As it was originally conceived over the last year, the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice was meant to be a powerful closing ceremony for the National… By Julia Gergely, JTA May 17, 2022
Bay Area SFCJL’s virtual memory care earns recognition from Fast Company Driving through the mountains. Walking on the beach. Feeling the wind on your face. These are some of the tactile experiences being brought to patients… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 17, 2022