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During the service, Krieger wears a tallit, gold booty shorts and a couple strings of pearls — and nothing else. “It’s really hot there,” he said. (Photo/Courtesy Krieger)
Posted inReligion

Burning Man is back. Get ready for a 1,000-person Shabbat bash in the desert.

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward August 29, 2022August 29, 2022
Participants in a 125th anniversary gathering of the 1897 First Zionist Congress will recreate an iconic photograph taken then of Theodor Herzl, father of modern political Zionism. (Photo/JTA-GPO via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

World Zionist Organization convenes hundreds in Basel to mark 125th anniversary of First Zionist Congress

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 29, 2022
a man with a short beard and glasses holds a microphone and addresses a crowd outside
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Jewish and Jew-ish pols floated as Pelosi’s eventual successor

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss August 29, 2022August 30, 2022
The Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus. (Photo/Tristan Harward via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBay Area

Several Berkeley Law student groups adopt ‘no Zionist speakers’ rule

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 26, 2022December 21, 2022
Rebecca Stanfel (right), board president of the Montana Jewish Project, shakes hands with Bishop Austin Vetter of the Helena Diocese during a ceremonial signing of the building over to the Jewish community. (Screenshot via Facebook Live)
Posted inU.S.

After extended campaign, Jewish community buys back Montana’s first synagogue from Catholic Diocese

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 26, 2022August 29, 2022
Plastic bags containing flyers with antisemitic conspiracy theories were distributed in neighborhoods in San Rafael and Mill Valley earlier this year. (Photo/File)
Posted inNews

Marin County supes condemn antisemitism and hate after flyer incidents

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene August 25, 2022
An Aug. 25, 1972 article about the growing need for student loans from Hebrew Free Loan.
Posted inFrom the Archives

50 years ago this week, our newspaper was talking about student loans

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 25, 2022August 25, 2022
Josh Judah, a former police officer in the Louisville Metro Police Department, testifies in a 2020 hearing on how police handled protests and unrest in the response to the killing of Breonna Taylor. (Photo/JTA-Jon Cherry-Stringer via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Ex-officer connected to controversy over Breonna Taylor killing resigns from Louisville Jewish community security role

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 25, 2022August 26, 2022
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner speaking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in DC, June 19, 2017 (Photo/ JTA-Getty Images-Chip Somodevilla)
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Jared Kushner’s memoir is all about forgiveness — but he’s not asking for ours

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward August 25, 2022August 25, 2022
Robert Kraft (left) and George Soros each gave $1 million to pro-Israel PACs in August 2022, according to federal filings. (Photos/JTA-Cliff Hawkins-Getty Images & JTA-Fabrice Coffrini-AFP via Getty Images)
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Robert Kraft gives $1M to AIPAC’s super PAC, while George Soros pours $1M into J Street’s

by Madeline Fixler and JTA August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

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