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Trenches in the shape of a large swastika and the letters "F JEW" were found dug into a golf course near Sacramento. (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento police tight-lipped after swastika-shaped trench dug at golf course

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 30, 2022October 3, 2022
Students at Sacramento Jewish Academy in Granite Bay.
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento-area school fills void for region’s growing Chabad community

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Sue Fishkoff and Rachel Raskin-Zrihen September 20, 2022September 23, 2022
State Senator Steve Glazer speaks before a crowd of supporter at Todos Santos Park in Concord, Sept. 9, 2017, following a march in support of DACA. (Photo/Dan Rosenstrauch)
Posted inCalifornia

East Bay Jewish lawmaker’s initiative a win for local journalism

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 14, 2022September 16, 2022
Rabbi Jason Rodich at the entrance to Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, which has long used metal detectors and unarmed guards to screen people coming into the building. (Photo/Sue Barnett)
Posted inNews

State bill will extend security grants program ‘indefinitely’

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene August 31, 2022August 31, 2022
a water tower that says UC Davis in blue writing
Posted inNorthern California

Antisemitic banners hung near UC Davis by white supremacist fight club

by J. Staff August 30, 2022August 30, 2022
During the service, Krieger wears a tallit, gold booty shorts and a couple strings of pearls — and nothing else. “It’s really hot there,” he said. (Photo/Courtesy Krieger)
Posted inReligion

Burning Man is back. Get ready for a 1,000-person Shabbat bash in the desert.

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward August 29, 2022August 29, 2022
A man hiking the Israel National Trail, which traverses the full length of the country. (Photo/iancorless.com via Israel21c)
Posted inNews

Sierra Club opens registration for Israel trips, after canceling under pressure

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 15, 2022August 16, 2022
Especially during Diwali, Hindus may decorate their homes or outside areas with swastikas to symbolize auspiciousness; some, like this one, are made on the ground out of rice flour.
(Photo/Courtesy Hindu American Foundation)
Posted inCalifornia

ADL event about California hate bill affirms Hindu-Jewish solidarity on swastikas

by Dan Pine August 12, 2022August 12, 2022
Shabbat services at the inaugural Jewish Families of Color Weekend at Camp Tawonga, Sept. 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inNorthern California

‘Breath of fresh air’: Camp Tawonga weekend for Jewish families of color coming up Aug. 25-28

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 3, 2022August 4, 2022
Camp Tawonga sign
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Oak Fire’s proximity to Camp Tawonga put some parents on edge 

by Emma Goss August 2, 2022August 2, 2022

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