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Chabad of North Peninsula's coin-collecting menorah
Posted inNews

With coin-collection menorah, San Mateo students to raise ‘gelt’ for fire victims

by J. Staff November 29, 2017December 5, 2017
Neurobiologist Adi Mizrahi is currently doing research at Stanford University, on sabbatical from Hebrew University. (Photo/Courtesy Adi Mizrahi)
Posted inNews

At Stanford, Israeli brain scientist thinks thoughts about thinking

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 29, 2017April 16, 2025
An Israeli soldier stands guard in the West Bank town of Hebron, which is starkly divided between Jewish settlers and Palestinian residents. (Photo/Flickr-pal_pics CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inNews

S.F. Federation under scrutiny for grants supporting West Bank settlements

by Rob Gloster November 28, 2017March 19, 2018
"... the separation between church and state is a protection for the public square, but also a protection for houses of worship," says Rabbi Jonathan Singer of Congregation Emanu-El in S.F., seen here at an event in Nov. 2017.
Posted inNews

Jewish groups lobby to keep U.S. rule banning pulpit political endorsements

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn November 27, 2017March 19, 2018
Israeli sci-tech minister Ofir Akunis tries out a virtual reality system at Facebook Nov. 2017. (Photo/Courtesy Facebook)
Posted inNews

In Silicon Valley, Israeli sci-tech minister tries to lure expats home

by Rob Gloster November 22, 2017December 5, 2017
UC Berkeley lecturer Hatem Bazian
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Lecturer apologizes for retweet that UC Berkeley condemned as anti-Semitic

by Rob Gloster November 21, 2017November 21, 2017
Jews from the former Soviet Union and their descendants gathered for Limmud FSU in Oakland, Nov. 17-19 (Photo/Kate Fim)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Playing ‘Where’s Natan?’ while celebrating Russian Jewish culture

Jenni Frazer by Jenni Frazer November 20, 2017November 21, 2017
Reagan-era secretary of state George Shultz was honored in Oakland in Nov. 2017 for his role in helping Soviet Jewry in the 1980s. (Photo/Kate Fim)
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Honoring George Shultz, sec. of state who never gave up on Soviet Jews

Jenni Frazer by Jenni Frazer November 20, 2017November 21, 2017
Iconic Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem, 1907
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Jim Joseph Foundation grants $1.1 million to Yiddish Book Center

by J. Staff November 17, 2017March 19, 2018
Professor Rabab Abdulhadi (dark glasses) and Saida Adem (in scarf) join others to oppose lawsuit against SFSU outside the courthouse. (Photo/Rob Gloster)
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Jewish plaintiffs vow to refile suit against S.F. State

by Rob Gloster November 15, 2017November 15, 2017

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