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Incoming Weinberg Foundation board chair  Paula Pretlow (fourth from left) and Federation CEO Joy Sisisky (right of Pretlow) with an Ethiopian family making aliyah to Israel.
Posted inNews

Bay Area leaders join one of the last flights of Ethiopians to Israel

by Emma Goss May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff speaks about the Biden administration's antisemitism strategy at the State Department, May 25, 2023. (Screenshot)
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Biden’s plan to combat antisemitism demands reforms across the executive branch and beyond

by Ron Kampeas May 25, 2023
Jeremy Ben-Ami of J Street (left) and Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL represented two different stances on which definition of antisemitism should be embraced by the Biden administration's new plan to combat antisemitism. (Photos/JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Did anyone win the debate over defining ‘antisemitism’ in new White House plan?

Lauren Markoe by Lauren Markoe May 25, 2023
Yael Schoultz founded a group called L'Chaim, which counsels and supports sex workers. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Schoultz)
Posted inWorld

Condoms and tikkun olam: Orthodox woman aids sex workers in Prague

by Dinah Spritzer May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
In this screenshot from the livestream of the Sacramento City Council meeting on May 23, protesters against antisemitic speakers hold up signs, including the post-Holocaust slogan "Never Again" and an antifa black flag logo inside a Star of David.
Posted inNorthern California

Antisemites, protesters plunge Sacramento city council meeting into chaos

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 24, 2023May 25, 2023
Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
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‘Mudslinging’ over Israel threatens to overshadow White House antisemitism strategy

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld May 24, 2023
an arch over a quaint downtown street says "Fairfield: Seat of Solano County"
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Gang graffiti mistaken for antisemitic symbols in North Bay town of Fairfield

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 24, 2023
Ezra Beinart is a high school junior who exposes young American Jews to Palestinian voices through video chats. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy)
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Jewish teens, led by Ezra Beinart, are gathering on Zoom to meet prominent Palestinians

by Ron Kampeas May 24, 2023May 23, 2023
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg speaking at the Religious Action Center's Consultation on Conscience in Washington, DC, May 1, 2017. (Photo/Courtesy Religious Action Center)
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‘OK, see you later, pal’: Mayor Steinberg reacts to antisemitic rant in Sacramento city council meeting

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
A member of Congregation Shirat Ha-Yam in Odesa, Ukraine, with a power generator donated by members of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills.
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Congregation Beth Am is sending vital aid to Ukrainian Jewish communities

by Sue Fishkoff May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

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