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A dozen people stand holding up a blue banner that reads "Refugees Welcome" in large white letters.
Posted inBay Area

On Refugee Shabbat, stories of welcoming and concern for security

by Ryan Torok January 24, 2023January 24, 2023
A JewBelong billboard at  San Pablo Ave. and Hearst St. in Berkeley had the words "Free Palestine!" spray-painted on it. (Photo/Courtesy JewBelong)
Posted inBay Area

Provocative JewBelong billboards vandalized with ‘Free Palestine’ in Berkeley

by Emma Goss January 23, 2023January 24, 2023
State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco addresses the State Senate. (Photo/California State Senate Democratic Caucus)
Posted inCalifornia

Bill backed by Wiener and Jewish groups would give caseworkers extra time to help refugees

by Emma Goss January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
three women march in a protest holding a sign that says "religious freedom demands abortion rights"
Posted inU.S.

5 rabbis sue state of Missouri over abortion bans on religious freedom grounds

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA January 23, 2023
A Tel Aviv Pioneer player hurdles an opponent in an American Football in Israel game. (Photo/JTA-Doron Dotan)
Posted inSports

‘Hebrew in the huddle’: American football kicks off another season in Israel

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA January 20, 2023January 20, 2023
Katrina Spade, founder and CEO of Recompose, with a box of human compost at Recompose Seattle. (Photo/Mat Hayward-Getty Images-Courtesy Recompose)
Posted inReligion

Is human composting the next big thing in Jewish death practice? 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 19, 2023January 24, 2023
Prof. Aaron Hahn Tapper of the University of San Francisco will give a keynote address at Jewbilee titled “Judaisms: A Multicultural, Multiethnic and Multiracial People.” (Photo/Barbara Ries)
Posted inNews

‘Judaisms,’ plural, is theme of this year’s Jewbilee event

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene January 19, 2023January 20, 2023
A U.S. airman prepares weaponry bound for Ukraine at a storage bunker at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, Oct. 12, 2022. The U.S. is also sending weapons from stockpiles in Israel and South Korea.(Photo/JTA-Demetrius Freeman-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Weapons have been heading from Israel to Ukraine — out of an American stockpile

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 19, 2023
Singer dances in the center of a group of women, smiling and hosting a Torah scroll up over her head
Posted inBay Area

Israel’s new right-wing Knesset troubles Bay Area supporters

by Emma Goss January 18, 2023January 23, 2023
Thousands of people participate in the Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 10, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Alexi Rosenfeld-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israel has been an LGBTQ haven in the Middle East. Its new government could change that.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 18, 2023

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