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David Makovsky (left) and Ghaith Al-Omari spoke Dec. 16 at the Z3 conference.
Posted inBay Area

A new, less combative Middle East is analyzed at Z3

by Dan Pine December 17, 2020December 18, 2020
Congregation Beth Israel's second building, on Geary Boulevard, was completed in 1908. It was almost completed in 1906, but was destroyed by the earthquake and had to be rebuilt. In 1969, Beth Israel merged with Temple Judea to form Congregation Beth Israel Judea. Decades later, BIJ is merging with yet another synagogue, Congregation B'nai Emunah. (Photo/Courtesy Congregation Beth Israel Judea)
Posted inNews

Mazel tov — it’s a merger! Two historic San Francisco synagogues become one

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 16, 2020December 16, 2020
A video played at AJC's "Diplomacy at 75" event included several clips of newsreel footage of San Francisco from the time of the founding of the U.N. (Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inHanukkah

San Francisco diplomats celebrate AJC, UN Charter and Hanukkah

by Dan Pine December 15, 2020December 16, 2020
(Clockwise from left) Lior Caspi, Barry Gonen, Vered Merzer-Sapir and Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum on a Dec. 10, 2020 panel at the virtual Z3 conference.
Posted inNews

Fresh look at American-Israeli Jewish kinship at Z3 conference

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 15, 2020December 15, 2020
Bari Weiss at her old desk at the New York Times in 2019. (Photo/JTA-Josefin Dolsten)
Posted inNews

Bari Weiss shakes things up on race and antisemitism in Z3’s ‘town square’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 14, 2020December 15, 2020
Screenshot from the Z3 panel "Athletes, Allyship and Actions to Repair the World"
Posted inNews

Star athletes at Z3 address racial justice, antisemitism and ‘what pulls at your heart’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 14, 2020
Avi Rose is stepping down after 15 years as executive director of Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay.
Posted inNews

Avi Rose retiring after years of passion for JFCS East Bay

by Sue Fishkoff December 14, 2020December 15, 2020
Dianne Feinstein talks to reporters as she exits the Senate floor, Oct. 6, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Report: Dianne Feinstein’s memory is faltering, frustrating fellow Democrats

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward December 13, 2020December 11, 2020
The menorah in front of Alameda City Hall was found smashed on the first day of Hanukkah, Dec. 11, 2020.
Posted inHolidays

Alameda City Hall menorah found in pieces on first day of Hanukkah

by Dan Pine December 11, 2020
The San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living in the Excelsior neighborhood of San Francisco. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inNews

‘Significant outbreak’ of Covid reported at San Francisco Jewish senior home

by Gabriel Greschler December 11, 2020December 16, 2020

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