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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)
Posted inCalifornia

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)
Posted inBay Area

‘We didn’t expect it to happen to us’: Fremont’s Beth Torah recounts Shabbat bomb scare

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(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

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.
Posted inNews

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)
Posted inNews

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)
Posted inU.S.

‘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
In June, the name and logo of one of Elon Muks's companies and a swastika were spray-painted on Peninsula Sinai Congregation in Foster City. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

Arrest made in vandalism of Peninsula Sinai Congregation in Foster City

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 11, 2023August 11, 2023
An aerial image shows destroyed homes and buildings burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii, Aug. 10, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Patrick T. Fallon AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish groups launch relief effort for Maui as island’s Jews are among the evacuated

by Ron Kampeas August 11, 2023August 11, 2023

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