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Activists with the Jewish climate change group Dayenu at a New York City event in April 2021. (Photo/JTA-Gili Getz)
Posted inU.S.

Roadblocks ahead as activists push for Jewish fossil fuel divestment

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward January 13, 2022
The family of Mayer Goldberg in Ukraine, with Mayer's father Eliyahu standing in the center. Generations later, their descendants reconnected in America thanks to 23andMe genetic tests.
Posted inNews

Generations after their ancestor left Ukraine, long-lost family members find each other on opposite coasts

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 13, 2022January 18, 2022
Nurse and activist Jennifer Esteen is running for Assembly in the East Bay.
Posted inNews

Jennifer Esteen, nurse and Assembly candidate, wants to break barriers and fix what’s broken

by Dan Pine January 12, 2022January 13, 2022
Rebekah Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikvah event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, in 2015. (Photo/JTA-Chani Bockwinkel)
Posted inReligion

The Queer Mikveh Project immerses marginalized Jews in a changing ritual

by Rachel Román and JTA January 12, 2022January 13, 2022
Stanford University's campus from above / Wikimedia Commons
Posted inBay Area

Stanford to investigate claim that it had quotas for Jews in the 1950s

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 12, 2022
A fountain for ritual hand-washing, part of a Holocaust memorial at Santa Rosa Memorial Park cemetery, was vandalized for the second time in two years. (Photo/Dennis Judd)
Posted inBay Area

Holocaust memorial fountain toppled again in Santa Rosa

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 10, 2022
Sinai Memorial Chapel began life in 1901 as Hebrew Funeral Parlors.
Posted inBay Area

Growth spurt for Sinai funeral home as it marks 120 years

by Emma Goss January 6, 2022January 10, 2022
View from a Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control vehicle, Jan. 1, 2022 (Photo/Twitter)
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Sonoma JCC solicits funds for Boulder fire recovery

by J. Staff January 4, 2022January 5, 2022
Architect's rendering of Berkeley Moshav
Posted inNews

Berkeley Moshav has design, now seeks members for Jewish co-housing project 

by Sue Fishkoff January 4, 2022January 4, 2022
(From left) Nancy Federman, Chris Witzel and Diane Rolfe prepare postcard kits for distribution in the spring.
Posted inNews

Beth Am group thinks ‘fast’ in push for voting rights

by Emma Goss January 4, 2022

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