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Merrill College at UC Santa Cruz, one of two UCSC residential colleges hit last week with antisemitic graffiti. (Photo/Wikimedia-Ponderosapine210 CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inNorthern California

UC Santa Cruz colleges defaced with antisemitic and racist graffiti

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 10, 2022March 15, 2022
Israeli President Isaac Herzog (left) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, Turkey, March 9, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Halil Sagirkaya-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Turkey’s Erdoğan gets visit from Israeli president, in sign of renewed relations

by David I. Klein and JTA March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
A man carries a child after refugees from the Ukraine arrive at the main train station in Berlin, March 1, 2022. in Berlin, Germany. (Photo/JTA-Hannibal Hanschke-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Germany loosens asylum requirements for Ukrainian Jews amid ongoing war with Russia

by Toby Axelrod and JTA March 10, 2022
Hamantaschen with the colors of the Ukrainian flag. (Photo/JTA-Instagram-chopsticksmeetfork)
Posted inFood

Hamantaschen for Ukraine: local bakers raise dough for war relief

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 9, 2022March 15, 2022
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stands at a checkpoint. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Kyiv or Kiev? Zelensky or Zelenskyy? In Ukraine, spelling is political

by Aviya Kushner and Forward March 9, 2022March 9, 2022
Rabbi Martin Weiner, seen here at his long-time pulpit, Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, passed away this month at the age of 83.
Posted inObituaries

Rabbi Martin Weiner dies at 83, leaving behind a towering legacy

by Dan Pine March 9, 2022March 10, 2022
Israeli teen emissaries with the ShinShinim program, Noa Herman (second from left) and Nir Chen (right), having lunch with students at Wornick Jewish Day School in Foster City.
Posted inEducation

Teen emissaries bring Israel to Bay Area students, gain appreciation for U.S. Judaism

by Dan Pine March 9, 2022March 9, 2022
Deborah Lipstadt, President Joe Biden's nominee to be antisemitism monitor, testifies in the Dirksen Office building near the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inNews

Ron Johnson blocks vote on antisemitism envoy, meets with truckers instead

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward March 9, 2022March 9, 2022
Jewish immigrants fleeing the war in Ukraine and orphans from the Alumim orphanage in Zhytomyr arrive at a temporary accommodation in Moshav Nes Harim, central Israel, March 6, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inWorld

Israel to allow 25,000 non-Jewish Ukrainian refugees to stay

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 9, 2022
Some of Lisa Liss' students pose as the container of bandages is loaded onto a truck for LA.
Posted inEducation

Museum of Tolerance displays ‘Bandage Project,’ Sacramento students’ effort to honor 1.5 million children of Holocaust

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller March 8, 2022

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