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Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man in 2011. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inReligion

Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man of Berkeley, leader in Jewish meditation who met with the Dalai Lama, dies at 89

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 5, 2023May 5, 2023
Photo of the UC Santa Cruz McHenry Library (Photo/Wikicommons)
Posted inNorthern California

Santa Cruz students reportedly hold birthday party for Hitler

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
Activists with the Jewish climate change group Dayenu at a New York City event in April 2021. (Photo/JTA-Gili Getz)
Posted inNews

Jewish institutions awaken to climate crisis, with hundreds pledging action

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA May 4, 2023
Hadar's flagship program is its beit midrash in New York City. (Photo/Courtesy Hadar Institute)
Posted inCalifornia

Hadar to open California outpost, bringing its brand of Jewish learning to the West Coast

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 4, 2023May 7, 2023
A US census taker during the 2020 census. (Photo/US Census Bureau)
Posted inNews

Are Jews white? Proposed census change wades into issue

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 4, 2023May 3, 2023
Rep. Jared Huffman speaking at a campaign event.
Posted inNews

Two Bay Area reps vote no on resolution congratulating Israel on 75 years of independence

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 3, 2023May 8, 2023
Jeremy Gordin offers a toast in an undated family photo. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Gordin family)
Posted inObituaries

South African journalist Jeremy Gordin, former J. staffer, murdered in home burglary at 70

by Marcel Gascón Barberá and JTA May 3, 2023
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 1, 2023. (Photo/Amos Ben-Gershom-Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inNews

Shaming Biden and slashing budgets: Republicans and Democrats accuse each other of dissing Israel

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 3, 2023
2015's classic Oakland A's Jewish Heritage Night giveaway: a ball cap with "A's" transliterated into Hebrew. (Photo/Twitter-@AshleyWaxman)
Posted inSports

Kaddish for the A’s: Jewish fans in mourning as team eyes move to Vegas

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher May 2, 2023May 9, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks while Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker, looks on in the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 1, 2023. (Photo/Amos Ben-Gershom, Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inNews

Speaking to Israel’s Knesset, Kevin McCarthy demurs on judicial overhaul and warns against China

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 2, 2023

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