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Mendel Rice, who is likely the first shochet in the history of Solano County, visiting the Maui Kosher Farm in Hawaii, Sept. 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Rice)
Posted inReligion

This animal lover is becoming a ritual slaughterer to fulfill a higher purpose 

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen September 20, 2023September 21, 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
Demonstrators shout “Demokratia,” Hebrew for “Democracy,” during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Union Square in San Francisco, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Hundreds protest ‘Crime Minister’ Netanyahu during his Bay Area trip

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu discuss AI and antisemitism in a livestreamed talk on X, formerly Twitter, in Fremont, Sept. 18, 2023. (Screenshot via X)
Posted inTech

Netanyahu and Elon Musk talk antisemitism and AI during friendly chat streamed on X

by Andrew Lapin September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
A small group of masked protestors holding up banners with antisemitic and white supremacist slogans in Novato, Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Menachem Landa)
Posted inBay Area

Novato mayor condemns group that displayed antisemitic banners

by J. Staff September 14, 2023September 14, 2023
A High Holiday service at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area

Amid a wave of hoax bomb threats, here’s how local synagogues are ramping up security for High Holidays

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
Rabbi Sydney Mintz of Congregation Emanu-El blows a shofar at a Sept. 10 rally for Israeli democracy in San Francisco organized by the Israeli expat group UnXeptable. (Photo/Courtesy UnXeptable)
Posted inTech

A major Jewish-led protest will greet Netanyahu in the Bay Area next week

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 12, 2023September 13, 2023
G.K. and J.B., age 5, working on collage art on the first day of JCC Sonoma County's new preschool. (Courtesy)
Posted inNews

New Jewish preschool opens in Sonoma County after another’s collapse

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss September 12, 2023May 30, 2024
Israelis protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jamal Awad-Flash90)
Posted inNews

JCRC Bay Area asks public to lobby Congress on Israel pro-democracy resolution

Ben Samuels by Ben Samuels September 12, 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

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