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Vivian Ovrootsky, 17, of San Jose just completed her freshman season playing tennis at the University of Texas — and now she's headed for the Maccabiah Games in Israel next month.
(Photo/Courtesy University of Texas, Austin)
Posted inSports

From basketball to gymnastics to squash, Bay Area athletes join Team USA at the Maccabiah Games this summer in Israel

by J. Staff June 23, 2022June 27, 2022
Rabbi Jennie Chabon, seen here in 2019, celebrated 18 years of service at Congregation B'nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek. (Photo/file)
Posted inBay Area

Honors, happenings, comings & goings, philanthropy — June 2022

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 23, 2022June 23, 2022
Long before he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Adam Schiff was a bar mitzvah boy at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette in 1973. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Schiff)
Posted inUncategorized

Long before Jan. 6 hearings, Rep. Adam Schiff was a Bay Area bar mitzvah boy

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 21, 2022June 21, 2022
Sonia Apfelblum, a Holocaust survivor, became a bat mitzvah at Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo on May 12, 2022. (Photo/Miri Ekshtein)
Posted inBay Area

Two Holocaust survivors celebrate long-delayed b’nai mitzvah in San Mateo

by Dan Pine June 21, 2022June 23, 2022
JOC leaders invited to a think tank convened by the Leichtag Foundation in September 2016, including Ilana Kaufman (top right)
Posted inUncategorized

The Jews of Color Initiative is now its own independent nonprofit organization

by J. Staff June 20, 2022June 20, 2022
Google headquarters in Mountain View. (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia Commons)
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Google stockholders vote against BDS proposal on Israeli Nimbus Project

by Michael Starr and Jerusalem Post June 20, 2022June 20, 2022
Mission Peak in Fremont (Photo/Flickr-Travis Wise CC BY 2.0)
Posted inNews

Police investigate Hitler graffiti in Fremont

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 17, 2022
Rabbi Josh Weisman (left) and Rabbi Lisa Kingston will begin new senior rabbi positions at two Bay Area synagogues in July.
Posted inBay Area

From steadying the ship to fighting climate change, new rabbis bring fresh perspectives to two Bay Area synagogues

by Liz Harris June 17, 2022May 11, 2026
The Duveneck House at Hidden Villa featured tiles with pre-Nazi swastikas, a common symbol in Eastern religions, in Los Altos Hills. (Photo/Courtesy Hidden Villa)
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Uproar over historical pre-Nazi swastikas forces Bay Area summer camp to cancel sessions

by Emma Goss June 16, 2022June 17, 2022
Steph Curry wearing a hoodie adorned with Hebrew prior to Game 4 of the NBA Finals, June 10, 2022. (Photo/Twitter-@2974Collection)
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The scoop on Steph Curry’s Hebrew hoodie at Game 4

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher June 15, 2022June 17, 2022

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