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An older woman sits smiling in a motorized wheelchair
Posted inObituaries

Judith Heumann, Jewish disability advocate who spurred a movement, dies at 75

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 7, 2023
Purim groggers, masks and hamantaschen (Photo/JTA-Getty)
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Check out these Purim events for 2023

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 2, 2023March 6, 2023
The Leviathan Jewish Journal debuted in 1972. (Photo/Leviathan Jewish Journal Archive)
Posted inEducation

Started as a Jewish hippie journal, UC Santa Cruz’s Leviathan turns 50

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 28, 2023March 6, 2023
Michael Kaye of Invei Wines. (Photo/Courtesy Invei Wines)
Posted inWine

In a home garage, two kosher winemakers are crushing it

by Dan Pine February 28, 2023March 13, 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
First African Methodist Episcopal Church used the sanctuary of Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland on Feb. 26. (Photo/Virginia Tiger)
Posted inBay Area

After Black church destroyed, Oakland synagogue offers space

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 27, 2023February 27, 2023
Adina Graff, 7, at a gathering of Israeli Americans and Jewish Americans protesting the actions of Israel's new far-right government, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco. (Photo/Lea Loeb)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish crowd braves rain to protest Israeli government

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 27, 2023February 27, 2023
Yair Naftalin-Kelman spoke at the Berkeley School Board meeting in February to urge them to listen to Jewish families.
Posted inBay Area

Berkeley High graduation on Shabbat despite years of pleas

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 27, 2023March 8, 2023
Nov. 29, 2021 menorah lighting at Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto
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Planned ‘Day of Hate’ against Jews passes by with packed synagogues and no violence

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA February 27, 2023March 6, 2023
African American man speaking into a microphone
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Teacher who assigned antisemitic text preaches controversial Hebrew Israelite doctrine

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 24, 2023March 6, 2023

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