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Maurice Kanbar on his signature red scooter in 2015. (Photo/File)
Posted inPhilanthropy

‘Looking to do good’: Maurice Kanbar, S.F. philanthropist and eclectic inventor, dies at 93

by Dan Pine August 24, 2022August 24, 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.

Louisville Jewish community hires ex-officer connected to controversy over Breonna Taylor killing

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 24, 2022August 26, 2022
Leslie Saul-Gershenz at one of her research study sites in the Mojave National Preserve, trying to take a picture of a Mojave desert tortoise. (Photo/Norm Gershenz)
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: This UC scientist is studying how solar energy affects wild bees

by Liz Harris August 24, 2022August 25, 2022
a big glass building with students walking through a lawn in front
Posted inBay Area

S.F. State hires new legally mandated Jewish student life coordinator

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 23, 2022August 31, 2022
Bottles of Lunardelli Wine with labels depicting Nazi leader Adolf Hitler are displayed on a shelf in a wine shop near Venice, Sept. 12, 2003. (Photo/JTA-Giuseppe Cacace-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Italian company that has long produced Hitler wines says it will stop next year

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano and JTA August 23, 2022
Eric McDonnell
Posted inBay Area

‘Teach-In on Reparations’ will take movement for Black reparations to synagogue

by Dan Pine August 22, 2022August 23, 2022
Prosecutors allege the defendants used the words "challah" and "baker" and "tefillin" to conceal their plans to commit fraud. (Design by Grace Yagel.)
Posted inCalifornia

‘Challah’ and ‘tefillin’ were code words in the Chabad of Poway tax fraud scheme

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 22, 2022August 22, 2022
Dana Bash, a correspondent and anchor on CNN. (Photo/JTA-CNN-HBO Max)
Posted inNews

Dana Bash says her new CNN special on antisemitism is ‘one of the most important things I’ve ever done’

by Andrew Lapin and JTA August 22, 2022
Merrick Garland
Posted inNews

On Gab, Truth Social and beyond, antisemitic threats continue in the wake of the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search

by Madeline Fixler and JTA August 19, 2022
Lowell High School
Posted inEducation

S.F. school board facing legal questions about new Muslim holidays policy

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

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