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Gabe Kapler looks on from his San Francisco Giants dugout prior to the start of a game against the Colorado Rockies at Oracle Park in San Francisco, May 10, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Thearon W. Henderson-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Gabe Kapler, SF Giants’ Jewish manager, is skipping pregame national anthem in protest

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA May 31, 2022
LEAP participants listening to a tour guide at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
(Photo/Thomas Echevarria)
Posted inUncategorized

At Palo Alto JCC, teen group ‘leaps’ between Israel and diaspora

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 30, 2022May 27, 2022
A Palestinian man waves the Palestinian flag next to the Israeli outpost of Eviatar, north of Nablus in the West Bank, Oct. 10, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jaafar Ashtiyeh-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Pew survey: Americans are not paying attention to the boycott Israel movement

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
Especially during Diwali, Hindus may decorate their homes or outside areas with swastikas to symbolize auspiciousness; some, like this one, are made on the ground out of rice flour.
(Photo/Courtesy Hindu American Foundation)
Posted inNews

New state hate crime bill differentiates Hindu swastika from Nazi emblem

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 27, 2022November 12, 2023
Youth at a JQY drop-in center event. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Queer Youth)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish Queer Youth is growing. For closeted Orthodox and Sephardic teens, that ‘means the world.’

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi and Forward May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
Palestinians carry the flag-draped body of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as it is carried toward the offices of the news channel in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 11, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ronaldo Schemidt-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Palestinian Authority says IDF intentionally killed journalist; Gantz calls conclusion ‘blatant lie’

by Andrew Lapin and JTA May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
Noah, a student at Brandeis Marin, in a first-grade class in 2021. (Photo/Anya Shuteroff)
Posted inEducation

Pandemic’s impact on Jewish schools: more students, more financial need

by Emma Goss May 27, 2022June 8, 2022
image of the main entrance to JCCSF
Posted inNews

San Francisco JCC briefly evacuated after threat later deemed ‘not credible’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 26, 2022May 27, 2022
A Piedmont Police Department vehicle at Piedmont High School. (Photo/Courtesy Piedmont PD)
Posted inBay Area

Antisemitic markings discovered at Piedmont High School

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 26, 2022May 26, 2022
Steven Dettelbach testifying in his Senate confirmation hearing. (Screenshot/Forward)
Posted inNews

Steven Dettelbach, nominee for ATF chief, highlights his Judaism at Senate hearing

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward May 26, 2022May 26, 2022

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