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A fire rages in the Ben Shemen Forest in central Israel, May 23, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Fire devastates Israeli community founded by Shlomo Carlebach

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 23, 2019
a father holds a plate of food and his young daughter, who is drinking juice, at an outdoor event
Posted inNews

Contra Costa JCC is back — as partner of East Bay JCC

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 23, 2019May 29, 2019
Anti-Semitic vandalism discovered in a restroom at San Francisco State University, May 22, 2019
Posted inBay Area, News

Anti-Semitic graffiti found in S.F. State restroom

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 22, 2019May 28, 2019
Yaya Brown with a friend in the Holocaust memorial garden at Thurgood Marshall High School (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inEducation

A garden of Holocaust education blooms at Thurgood Marshall High

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 22, 2019May 24, 2019
Doris Sperber at her 110th birthday party, Jan. 18, 2018  (Photo/Dan Pine)
Posted inObituaries

Doris Sperber, who became bat mitzvah at 100, dies at 111

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 21, 2019May 23, 2019
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We are working with ProPublica to document hate incidents. Here’s how you can help.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 17, 2019May 20, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the F8 Facebook Developers conference in San Jose, California, May 1, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inBay Area, U.S., News

On social media, hate speech takes a dangerous turn

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 17, 2019May 16, 2019
The East Bay and S.F.-based federations were founded in the days before BART and the Bay Bridge — but times have changed. (Map/United States Geographical Survey)
Posted inBay Area

East Bay and S.F. federations consolidate operations

by Dan Pine May 16, 2019May 20, 2019
Moses Libitzky (left) and Aaron Tartakovsky (right) will be honored at AJC San Francisco's 2019 gala.
Posted inPhilanthropy

AJC to honor two superstars of S.F. Jewish community

by Dan Pine May 15, 2019May 15, 2019
Retired B’nai Emunah cantor and Reutlinger resident Henry Drejer (center) with fellow resident Doris Langer at Reutlinger's 2017 Simchat Torah celebration (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inBay Area

Reutlinger families seek assurances about home’s Jewish character

by Dan Pine May 15, 2019May 17, 2019

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