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Posted inWorld

Germany’s far-right AfD party scores first district victory, alarming Jewish leaders

by Toby Axelrod June 28, 2023
The weekly "Shabbat stroll" at Camp Tawonga in 2022. (Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inU.S.

At Jewish sleepaway camps this summer, bunks and bathrooms accommodate any gender identity

Louis Keene by Louis Keene June 27, 2023
Participants on a recent tour of Israel and the West Bank, which included members of Pittsburgh's Congregation Dor Hadash, walk through Hebron. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Shleimut)
Posted inUncategorized

As Pittsburgh shooter stood trial, a congregation he attacked found parallels with Palestinians in the West Bank

by Eliyahu Freedman June 27, 2023June 27, 2023
In a year when trans people are facing extreme legislative attacks in many states, some members of the Jewish contingent at the San Francisco Pride Parade carried signs reading "Trans Jews belong here," June 25, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inJewish Life

PHOTOS: ‘Trans Jews belong here’ — Jews show their S.F. Pride

by J. Staff June 26, 2023June 27, 2023
Chel Mandell (left) leads a TzimTzum Shabbat in Santa Cruz. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inNorthern California

Queer group in Santa Cruz celebrates Judaism ‘in their own light’

by Naomi Friedland June 26, 2023June 27, 2023
President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to Wolfspeed, a semiconductor manufacturer, in Durham, North Carolina on March 28, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Melissa Sue Gerrits-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Survey: Jewish voters strongly favor Biden over Trump in possible 2024 rematch

by Ron Kampeas June 26, 2023June 26, 2023
A field fire during clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers near the Palestinian village of Qusra, in the West Bank, June 22, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli military decries settler ‘terrorism’ and vows to fight it with ‘all the means that are at our disposal’

by Ron Kampeas June 26, 2023
The 1998 vow renewal of Cora Latz (left) and Etta Perkins at the Jewish Home for the Aged in San Francisco is one of many moments now memorialized in the GLBT Historical Society's new digital archive of LGBTQ Jewish history. (Photo/Courtesy GLBT Historical Society-Jewish LGBTQ Voices and Activism Source Set)
Posted inNews

From personal to profound, new digital archive traces queer Jewish history

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 23, 2023June 26, 2023
Kai Shappley, actress and trans rights activist, speaks to Jewish youth at the BBYO International Convention in Dallas, Texas, Feb. 17, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jason Dixson Photography)
Posted inU.S.

BBYO’s planned convention in Florida poses conundrum for LGBTQ Jews and allies

by Andrew Lapin June 23, 2023June 23, 2023
pride marchers carry lgbt pride flags with stars of david on them
Posted inJewish Life

Jewish events to check out this San Francisco Pride weekend

by J. Staff June 22, 2023June 22, 2023

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