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Singer dances in the center of a group of women, smiling and hosting a Torah scroll up over her head
Posted inNews

Bill to criminalize egalitarian prayer and immodest dress at the Western Wall is shelved after outcry

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 9, 2023
San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman
Posted inNews

New bills sponsored by Jewish pols could legalize noshing at cannabis cafés

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 8, 2023February 8, 2023
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins
Posted inBay Area

DA files hate crime charges in S.F. synagogue shooting incident

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 8, 2023March 8, 2023
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, is running for Senate. He is seen here at the U.S. Capitol Building, Jan. 25, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Dietsch-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Adam Schiff says he is ‘very concerned’ about proposals that ‘would make Israel less democratic’

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 8, 2023
Susan Duhan Felix in the first episode of “Art Beat,” a series Felix hosted on Berkeley public television. (Screenshot/Berkeley Community Media)
Posted inNews

Ceramicist, ‘welcomer’ and klezmer ‘impresario’ Susan Felix dies at 85

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 8, 2023January 15, 2024
A group of Israelis who live in the Bay Area gathered at Crissy Field in San Francisco on Feb. 5 to denounce Israel's new far-right government. (Photo/Lillian Ilsley-Greene)
Posted inBay Area

At S.F. rally, Israeli expats raise voices against new far-right government back home

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 7, 2023February 9, 2023
Inset: Saul Cenudioğlu, seen here with his grandchildren, has been missing along with his wife since earthquake (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Ela Cenudioglu). Background: A view of collapsed building after an earthquake hit southern provinces of Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023 (Photo/JTA-Firat Ozdemir-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images).
Posted inWorld

2 Jewish community leaders missing in Antakya, Turkish city devastated by earthquakes

by David I. Klein and JTA February 7, 2023February 8, 2023
Dmitri Mishin
Posted inBay Area

Disturbing Twitter account hints at motive of Schneerson Center shooter

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 6, 2023March 8, 2023
Zachary Nelson, seen here hiking in Israel in 2022, was a devoted pro-Israel activist.
Posted inObituaries

Zachary Nelson, 27, pro-Israel activist from Alameda, dies in diving accident

by Emma Goss February 6, 2023February 7, 2023
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews' daily vigil in front of the Soviet Consulate, Nov. 24, 1986 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
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Soviet Jewry protest leaders in San Francisco secretly recruited help from Jews for Jesus, FBI file says

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA February 6, 2023

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