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Yuri Milner (left) and Mark Zuckerberg at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Mountain View, November 2019. (Photo/JTA-Steve Jennings/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)
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Yuri Milner, ‘Richest Russian in Silicon Valley,’ gives up Russian citizenship

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 14, 2022October 17, 2022
A sign reads "Jews for Reproductive Justice" at a rally during the oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization at the U.S. Supreme Court, Dec. 1, 2021. (Photo/Ron Sachs-Courtesy NCJW)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Jewish donations to support reproductive rights groups are booming in ‘troubling, anxious time’ 

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 14, 2022October 14, 2022
Itamar Ben Gvir, head of Israel's Otzma Yehudit political party, is escorted by guards during a visit to an East Jerusalem neighborhood, Oct. 13, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

They united to oppose an extremist party in Israel’s 2019 election. This time, leading U.S. Jewish groups are staying quiet.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA October 14, 2022October 14, 2022
Noa Tishby (center) speaks with students at UC Berkeley, Oct. 13, 2022. (Photo/Lillian Ilsley-Greene)
Posted inBay Area

Actor and pro-Israel activist Noa Tishby visits Berkeley amid law school controversy

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene October 13, 2022October 14, 2022
Suzanne Felson on San Francisco, who is a member of the Jewish Future Pledge advisory board, helping build a friend's sukkah.
Posted inPhilanthropy

Who’s pledging to bequeath 50% to Jewish causes? These people are.

by Liz Harris October 13, 2022October 13, 2022
Attendees participate in a High Holidays tashlich ceremony organized by Jews on Ohlone Land in Berkeley. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
Posted inNews

Through reparations, education and land statements, local Jewish activists are standing with Bay Area Indigenous people

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 13, 2022October 15, 2024
Stanford University from above (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area

Stanford apologizes for Jewish admissions quotas in the 1950s

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA October 13, 2022October 13, 2022
People protest at a Los Angeles City Council meeting, Oct. 11, after council members were recorded making racist comments. (Photo/JTA-Sarah Reingewirtz-MediaNews Group-Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Los Angeles council member recorded making racist comments also discussed Jews disparagingly

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA October 13, 2022
Students congregate around the Yalla food truck, which offers kosher and halal food, at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo/RNS-Yonat Shimron)
Posted inJewish Life

A food truck at Duke University offers a truce to rising tensions on Mideast politics

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS October 12, 2022October 12, 2022
Ben Ammi Ben Israel celebrating New World Passover with his followers in Dimona, Israel, May 2013. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inAnalysis

‘Black people are actually Jew[s]’: The historical origins of Kanye West’s inflammatory comments

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and JTA October 12, 2022August 27, 2023

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