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Claude and Beverly Cassirer pose in front of a replica of the painting the Nazis seized from his grandmother. Claude died in 2010. (Photo/JTA-Allen J. Schaben-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Supreme Court rules art dealer’s heirs can use California courts to recover painting taken by Nazis

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 22, 2022April 25, 2022
A guard climbs stairs by the entrance to the Campo di Ghetto Nuovo, or former Jewish Ghetto, in Venice. (Photo/JTA-Orge Castellano)
Posted inWorld

Venice’s frayed, shrinking 500-year-old Jewish Ghetto is planning a renaissance

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano and JTA April 22, 2022
Rabbis Ted Feldman (left) and Katie Mizrahi (right) are moving on from current posts, while Rabbi Amanda Russell (center) has been promoted.
Posted inBay Area

Rabbis on the move: departures and promotions across the Bay Area

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 22, 2022April 27, 2022
Cantor Nathan Lam during his first service at Temple of the Arts, March 25, 2022. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inCalifornia

Celebrity L.A. cantor Nathan Lam finds a soft landing after sexual misconduct allegations

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward April 22, 2022September 18, 2023
Dayenu protesters gather in front of BlackRock’s building in downtown San Francisco on April 19, 2022. (Photo/Justin Katigbak)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish climate protesters challenge Bay Area financial institutions

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher April 21, 2022April 26, 2022
Ilana Toweg, right, and her husband Doron field countless prayer requests because of their prominence as Israel farmers strictly observing shmita, Jewish laws about letting farmland lie fallow every seven years. (Photo/JTA-Deborah Danan)
Posted inNews

Why these Israeli farmers became heroes after killing their crops (hint: it’s in the Bible)

by Deborah Danan and JTA April 21, 2022
Rabbis and cantors from the U.S. took supplies on a trip to see how the JCC in Krakow is responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.
Posted inBay Area

‘It’s a privilege’: Bay Area rabbis in Poland bear witness to Ukrainian refugee crisis

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 21, 2022April 27, 2022
Participants at a Tomorrow's Women event. (Photo/Joshua Sage)
Posted inBay Area

‘I was really angry, and I wanted change’: Palestinian and Israeli girls in leadership program visit Bay Area

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 21, 2022April 21, 2022
Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles (Photo/Wikimedia-Visitor7 CC BY-SA 3.0)
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California ruling deemed step forward for Jewish women stuck in abusive marriages

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward April 21, 2022April 21, 2022
The library at Fresno State University was until recently named for Henry Maddden, an unrelentingly antisemitic former Fresno State librarian. (Photo/file)
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Fresno State report sheds light on librarian’s Nazi views

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

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