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Iconic Israeli singer Arik Einstein (Photo/Yaakov Saar-National Photo Collection of Israel)
Posted inMusic

Why Israeli rock legend Arik Einstein wrote a strange song about San Francisco

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 10, 2023April 12, 2023
Efrat residents standing outside their homes with Israeli flags to show solidarity with the Dee family, following the death of Lucy Dee, who died of her wounds three days after the deadly terror attack that killed her two daughters, April 10, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Gershon Elinson-Flash90)
Posted inNews

The mother of two sisters killed in terror attack dies of her wounds

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 10, 2023
Attendees raise a cup of grape juice — no wine allowed — at the San Quentin State Prison seder. (Photo/Vincent O'Bannon/San Quentin News)
Posted inNorthern California

At San Quentin prison seder, the Exodus story is personal

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 7, 2023April 17, 2023
Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow correspondent at the Wall Street Journal, has been arrested in Russia and charged with espionage. His colleague Shayndi Raice is calling on Jews to place an empty seat at their seder table as a gesture of support. (Photo/JTA-Dimitar Dilkoff-AFP via Getty Images; #FreeEvan image via Twitter)
Posted inNews

A new symbol at some Passover seders: an empty seat for Evan Gershkovich, Jewish journalist jailed in Russia

by David I. Klein and JTA April 7, 2023
Guests at a seder in Kyiv, Ukraine, including many families from heavily damaged Kharkiv, sit around the seder table on the first night of Passover, April 5, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Marcel Gascon Barbera)
Posted inWorld

Embodying a story of trauma and liberation, Ukrainian Jews celebrate Passover amid a new normal

by Marcel Gascón Barberá and JTA April 5, 2023April 5, 2023
(From left) musician Jonathan Bayer, San Francisco Supervisor Myrna Melgar, San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and San Francisco Mayor London Breed at the JCRC Freedom Seder in San Francisco, April 3, 2023. (Photo/Anastasiia Sapon-JCRC)
Posted inHolidays

Mayors, supervisors and a drag queen take center stage at JCRC Freedom Seder

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 5, 2023April 11, 2023
Outside a New York court where former President Donald Trump was charged on April 04, 2023. (Photo/Forward-Jacob Kornbluh)
Posted inNews

Shofar blasts, an antisemitic sign and more Jewish angles to Trump’s arraignment

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward April 5, 2023April 5, 2023
Nikki Fried, Florida's agriculture commissioner, seen during the 2022 Florida gubernatorial Democratic primary. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Jewish chair of Florida’s Democratic Party arrested at abortion rights protest

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 4, 2023
Rabbi Levi Potash putting the finishing touches on a Torah scroll.
Posted inBay Area

Redwood City rabbi’s new role as ritual scribe fits him to a ‘tav’

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen April 3, 2023April 5, 2023
a black and white photo of Dianne Feinstein lighting a menorah
Posted inPolitics

With retirement on the horizon, a look at Dianne Feinstein’s Jewish legacy

by Emma Goss March 31, 2023April 4, 2023

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