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(From left) Stan Wong, Natalie Vaysman Mama and Maor Mama with their giveaway Hebrew Giants scarves on Jewish Heritage Night at Oracle Park, Aug. 15. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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PHOTOS: S.F. Giants trounce Tampa Bay Rays on a beautiful Jewish Heritage Night

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 16, 2023August 17, 2023
Left: Offir Gutelzon, one of the local Israeli organizers of UnXeptable, during a pro-democracy march that crossed the Mary Ave. Bridge in Cupertino, July 23, 2023. Right: Anti-Israel graffiti appeared on the bridge a few weeks later. (Photos/Courtesy UnXeptable)
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Anti-Israel graffiti scrawled on Cupertino bridge that hosted Israeli pro-democracy protest

by Dan Pine August 16, 2023August 17, 2023
The Community Security Initiative of Los Angeles monitors threats against the Jewish community and provides safety training to Jews and Jewish institutions.(Photo/JTA-Courtesy Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles)
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A Jewish security group says it tipped off FBI about a neo-Nazi who said he wanted to kill Jews

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg August 16, 2023August 16, 2023
Bob Rosenberg is the founder of OnePercent for Education.
Posted inEducation

This retiree’s nonprofit asks businesses to donate 1% to Bay Area students

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene August 16, 2023August 21, 2023
Rabbi Zoe McCoon leads Temple Beth Torah's livestreamed Friday night service on Aug. 4, the week before a bomb threat interrupted another livestreamed service at the Fremont synagogue. (Screenshot/YouTube)
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‘We didn’t expect it to happen to us’: Fremont’s Beth Torah recounts Shabbat bomb scare

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 15, 2023August 16, 2023
Asa, an 8-year-old Jewish boy, was hit by a stray bullet in Oakland last month. (Photo/GoFundMe)
Posted inBay Area

8-year-old Jewish boy hit with stray bullet in Oakland is paralyzed

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss August 15, 2023August 16, 2023
A selection of the Beaufort County School District book review committee's notes determining that Bernard Malamud's "The Fixer" was appropriate for students. The South Carolina district returned the challenged book to shelves after nearly a year on Aug. 9, 2023. (Illustration/JTA)
Posted inEducation

‘Persecution of Jews is educationally significant’: How a school district put a contested classic back on the shelves

by Andrew Lapin August 15, 2023
The Solano County Sheriff's Office is seeking this man, caught on a security camera spray-painting a swastika on the historic Thompson's Corner Saloon in Fairfield on Aug. 8.
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Solano County Sheriff asks for help identifying man who spray-painted swastikas on historic bar

by J. Staff August 14, 2023August 14, 2023
Temple Beth Torah President Ronnie Peterson shows off hygiene and snack packs for unhoused people in Fremont at an event organized by Beth Torah and a nearby mosque, Masjid-e-Mohammedi, May 2021. (Photo/Mufaddal Ezzy)
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2 California synagogues evacuated during Shabbat services as wave of bomb threats enters 4th week

by Andrew Lapin August 14, 2023August 14, 2023
The damage in Lahaina, Maui. (Photo/Forward-Mendel Zirkind)
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‘They have nowhere to go’: On Maui, a Chabad-run farm gives safe harbor to dozens of Jews

Louis Keene by Louis Keene August 14, 2023August 14, 2023

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