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Rabbi Shira Stutman discusses circumcision during a class for converts to Judaism at the Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington, DC on December 5, 2013.. (Photo/JTA-Linda Davidson-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

These Jews want to normalize not circumcising — and they want synagogues to help

by Ben Harris and JTA October 8, 2021December 7, 2021
Anne Germanacos
Posted inBay Area, News, Philanthropy

Unconventional philanthropist Anne Germanacos funds human rights, social justice, the arts and more

by Liz Harris October 7, 2021October 8, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of the Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Newsom's office)
Posted inEducation

Newsom launches council to boost California Holocaust education

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 7, 2021
Berman stands at the front of a room addressing an audience
Posted inCalifornia

These Jewish lawmakers want to reform California’s recall system

by Emma Goss October 7, 2021September 14, 2022
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in Mountain View, 2019 (Photo/JTA-Ian Tuttle-Getty Images)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Which local Jewish institutions shared the $1.3M Zuckerberg-Chan gift?

by Dan Pine October 6, 2021October 7, 2021
Addison-Penzak JCC in Los Gatos
Posted inUncategorized

Los Gatos JCC tagged with swastika over High Holidays

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 5, 2021
Joe Eskenazi is managing editor of Mission Local. (Photo/Eliyahu Kamisher)
Posted inBay Area, News

Before taking on the Mission District, Joe Eskenazi raked muck in Jewish S.F.

by Eliyahu Kamisher October 5, 2021October 5, 2021
A man with dark hair and a scarred face stands smiling
Posted inMusic

Berkeley tech innovator for the blind wins MacArthur Fellowship

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and Forward October 4, 2021October 4, 2021
David Julius, a professor of physiology at UCSF, is one of two recipients of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. (Photo/Courtesy UCSF)
Posted inNews

UCSF scientist whose grandparents fled antisemitism in Czarist Russia wins Nobel Prize in medicine

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 4, 2021October 4, 2021
Temple Sinai in Oakland. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons-Jayjg)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area Jewish orgs awarded $1 million in federal security grants

by Eliyahu Kamisher October 1, 2021October 5, 2021

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