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Members of the Los Angeles teachers' union celebrate the end of a strike, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/Wikimedia-Mike Chickey)
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After S.F. teachers’ union vote on Israel, others follow suit around the country

by Gabriel Greschler June 28, 2021June 28, 2021
Images from four award-winning stories (clockwise from top left): "For Jews of color, protests are reminders of pain — even within Jewish community"; "In North Bay, fire and smoke disrupt an already unusual Yom Kippur"; "Ron Berman, adored adman who created campaigns for Jewish causes, dies at 83"; "A road trip through Jewish Gold Country"
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J. wins record-breaking 19 national Jewish journalism awards

by J. Staff June 24, 2021June 27, 2022
an older woman happily holds out her arms to greet an old friend in a large synagogue sanctuary
Posted inNews

Synagogues reopen their doors after long, arduous year

by Gabriel Greschler June 24, 2021June 24, 2021
Rabbi Zoe McCoon is a Detroit native who is moving to the Bay Area for her first rabbinical post at Temple Beth Torah in Fremont.
Posted inNews

‘Joyful, welcoming, wise’: Beth Torah gets new rabbi with roots in Flint, Michigan

by Gabriel Greschler June 23, 2021
Rabbi Dorothy Richman teaches a Talmud course in 2013 offered through HaMaqom (then called Lehrhaus Judaica), which has announced it will close at the end of its 2021 summer term. (Photo/File)
Posted inEducation

Decision to close HaMaqom ‘irreversible,’ leadership says

by Sue Fishkoff June 22, 2021June 23, 2021
Marcella White Campbell of Be'chol Lashon during Juneteenth Kabbalat Shabbat. (Screenshot)
Posted inJuneteenth

‘Juneteenth sameach’: Local Jews mark newest national holiday with prayer and reflection

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 21, 2021June 19, 2023
URJ Camp Newman staff dance together on Shabbat before the return of campers, June 2021.
Posted inBay Area

‘Pure magic’: Jewish summer camps return after year of Covid

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 21, 2021June 22, 2021
The student government at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills called on the administration to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism; last October it was one of the few student governments in the world to adopt it. (Photo/File)
Posted inNews

Three South Bay colleges pass resolutions condemning Israel

by Gabriel Greschler June 18, 2021June 23, 2021
Screenshot from a video posted on Twitter that allegedly shows a former JVS employee (left) stealing a school board recall petition from a volunteer collecting signatures (right).
Posted inNews

JVS fires employee accused of stealing S.F. school board recall petitions

by Gabriel Greschler June 18, 2021
Jehon Grist teaching Hebrew in the early days of Lehrhaus Judaica, now know as HaMaqom | The Place, which has announced it will be shutting its doors for good at the end of its summer term. (Photo/File)
Posted inEducation

Jewish education hub HaMaqom to close after 47 years

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 17, 2021June 22, 2021

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