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Members of Or Shalom Jewish Community at San Francisco Giants Jewish Heritage Night on Aug. 17, 2022. (Photo/Liz Isaacs)
Posted inSports

For years, the S.F. Giants have scored big with fans who love their Jewish merch

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 12, 2022September 13, 2022
Four Stabucks cups, each with a name handwritten on it: Rivka, Ezra, Avi, and Talia
Posted inU.S.

A new study explains why Starbucks can’t spell your Jewish name

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA September 12, 2022September 12, 2022
A protest against Google and Amazon's contracts with the Israeli government in San Francisco, Sept. 8, 2022. (Photo/Twitter @AlphabetWorkers)
Posted inTech

Protest: S.F. tech workers and activists demand Google and Amazon end deal with Israel

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss September 9, 2022September 12, 2022
While women, pictured here at a Jewish Federations of North America gathering in 2019, have been hired for chief executive roles at many smaller and mid-size federations, they lag far behind men in the top job at major city federations — though Joy Sisisky of the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation is a major exception. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Jewish Federations of North America)
Posted inU.S.

Though the Bay Area is an exception, the largest Jewish federations are run by men

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward September 9, 2022September 9, 2022
Temple Sinai in Oakland. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons-Jayjg)
Posted inNews

Oakland’s Temple Sinai bulks up security after mayoral candidate’s screed

by J. Staff September 8, 2022
The late British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks gives the queen a menorah at a reception at St. James’ Palace in London to mark the 350th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Jewish community in Britain, Nov. 28, 2006. (Photo/JTA-Tim Graham Picture Library-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Queen Elizabeth, whose reign encompassed the 20th-century ascent of British Jewry, dead at 96

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar delivers a speech during an emergency gathering of rabbis in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia)
Posted inWorld

In rare and delicate statement, Russia’s Chabad rabbis call to ‘end the suffering’ in Ukraine

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
Henry Lien (right) and fellow tutor Cesar Morales (left) react to students debating about what move to make, at San Pedro Elementary School, July 6, 2022. (Photo/Jeffrey Huang)
Posted inNews

Three years later, bar mitzvah boy’s gambit is still helping kids learn chess in San Rafael

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
Avitall Gerstetter, shown in 2019, wrote a column critical of conversion in Germany. (Photo/JTA-Stephan Röhl-Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inWorld

Are too many Germans converting to Judaism? The debate is roiling Germany’s Jewish community.

by Toby Axelrod and JTA September 7, 2022September 7, 2022
Then-U.K. Foreign Minister Liz Truss and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meet at the U.K. Commonwealth and Development Office in London, Nov. 29, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Stefan Rousseau-PA Images via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

On Jewish issues, new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss looks to continue in Boris Johnson’s footsteps

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 7, 2022

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