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URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, one year after the summer camp was largely destroyed by fire (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Two local Jewish camps get grants to increase accessibility

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 23, 2019
Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman of Sacramento is the new chair of the North American Board of Trustees for the Union for Reform Judaism. (URJ/Rob Dicker)
Posted inNorthern California

New chair of Union for Reform Judaism is a NorCal woman — again

by Gabriel Greschler December 20, 2019January 3, 2020
(From left) Israeli deputy consul general Matan Zamir, Rabbi Pam Frydman, Rabbi Susan Leider, Rabbi Jill Perlman and Rabbi Nat Ezray atop Tel Aviv city hall on Nov. 20.
Posted inNews

Bay Area rabbis recount ‘nuanced’ trip that showed many sides of Israel

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 18, 2019December 24, 2019
(From left) Rabbi Greg Wolfe, Congregation Bet Haverim; Rabbi Nancy Wechsler, Congregation Beth Shalom; Rabbi Alan Rabishaw, Temple Or Rishon; and Rabbi David Aladjem, Congregation Bet Haverim attended a forum on religious pluralism in Israel in Sacramento, Dec. 8, 2019. (Elissa Einhorn)
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento forum takes a swing at a major Israeli issue: religious pluralism

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
Sam Schuchat
Posted inNews

Q&A: Environmentalist charged with protecting the California coastline

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller November 19, 2019
Democratic Majority for Israel supporters at the 2019 California Democratic Party convention. (Photo/Courtesy DMFI)
Posted inCalifornia

California Dems vote down ‘highly flawed anti-Israel’ amendment to party platform

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 18, 2019November 19, 2019
Joc Pederson, the L.A. Dodgers’ All-Star outfielder and 2010 graduate of Palo Alto High School, is being inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California /Courtesy JSHoF
Posted inSports

Two newsmen, a slugger and a roller derby king walk into a hall of fame…

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 1, 2019October 31, 2019
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Ralph Diaz with department press secretary Dana Simas
Posted inCalifornia

Officials to investigate how a Nazi flag ended up hanging in state government building

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 31, 2019November 1, 2019
A police car sits outside the shuttered embassy of Israel in Moscow, Oct. 30, 2019. /JTA-Gavriil Grigorov-Getty Images
Posted inBay Area, Israel, U.S., World, Northern California, California, News

All of Israel’s embassies and consulates around the world are on strike

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 30, 2019
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Posted inTech

WhatsApp sues Israeli surveillance company for stealing users’ information

by JTA October 30, 2019

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