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The Healdsburg City Council (from left): Ron Edwards, Chris Herrod, Mayor Ariel Kelley, Evelyn Mitchell and Vice Mayor David Hagele. (Photo/Facebook)
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Healdsburg selects first Jewish mayor since 19th century

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene December 13, 2022December 14, 2022
Alix Wall (left) won a San Francisco Press Club award for her story about a family's recovery of a set of heirloom dishes (right) thought lost in the Holocaust.
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J. contributing editor Alix Wall, former J. staffers win S.F. Press Club awards

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 13, 2022December 14, 2022
Target's array of Hanukkah mugs represents just a small swath of the national retailer's 2022 Hanukkah collection. (Photo/JTA-Philissa Cramer)
Posted inU.S.

The Hanukkah merch market has exploded. But are Jews feeling more represented?

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA December 13, 2022December 14, 2022
Israeli Golden State Warriors player Omri Casspi joins S.F. Chabad Rabbi Yosef Langer to light the menorah after the Warriors beat Dallas on the team's annual Jewish Heritage Night, Dec. 14, 2017 (Photo/Courtesy Golden State Warriors)
Posted inFrom the Archives

With Warriors Jewish Heritage Night coming up, a look back at the very first

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 12, 2022December 19, 2022
Rabbi Ben Gorelick measures out a precise amount of psilocybin mushrooms during a Sacred Tribe "Sacrament ceremony" at his home in Denver, Nov. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Andy Cross-MediaNews Group-The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Denver drops drug charges against ‘mushroom rabbi’ who promotes religious psychedelic use

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA December 12, 2022
Players of games like the massively popular "Call of Duty" can often be subjected to "white supremacist ideologies" from other players, according to a new ADL report.
Posted inCulture

ADL: One in five adults is exposed to white supremacist ideologies while gaming

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 9, 2022December 12, 2022
Tom Tugend in his Los Angeles home, Aug. 3, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jacob Gurvis)
Posted inU.S.

Tom Tugend, JTA correspondent and veteran of three wars, dies at 97

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis, Ron Kampeas and JTA December 8, 2022December 8, 2022
Doug Emhoff (center), husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism with White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice (left) and Senior Advisor to the President for Public Engagement Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
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How a tiny student group ended up at the White House antisemitism roundtable

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward December 8, 2022
In a 1926 issue of this newspaper, Rabbi S. Felix Mendelsohn wrote about what he called “Jewish nationalism,” which we today would call a secular Jewish identity.
Posted inFrom the Archives

This week’s JCRC survey reminds us: We’ve been asking ‘Who is a Jew?’ for a long time

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 7, 2022December 7, 2022
cover of Time shows painterly image of Zelensky gazing off heroically
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As Time’s Person of the Year, Zelensky joins a short list of Jews, and a longer list of antisemites

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 7, 2022

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