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Rebecca Kaplan stands in front of a lake wearing a rainbow tallit and speaking into a megaphone
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Oakland council member Rebecca Kaplan to run for county supervisor seat

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 22, 2022February 22, 2022
Travelers at Ben Gurion Airport, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel to allow unvaccinated tourists to enter beginning March 1

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA February 22, 2022
pride flag waving in the wing
Posted inU.S.

Jewish federations umbrella adds gun reform and LGBTQ advocacy back to policy priority list

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 22, 2022
A group gathers around the Torah at Congregation Beth Sholom, led by Rabbi Alan Lew (third from right, facing Torah) in 1994. (Photo/Phil Head)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Forward-looking Beth Sholom looks back at 100 years of progress

by Dan Pine February 18, 2022
Mazel tov to our colleague, Esther D. Kustanowitz!
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J. TV columnist Esther D. Kustanowitz wins national arts journalism award from LA Press Club

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 18, 2022January 17, 2023
A woman holds a sign as people link arms at a gun reform rally at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, March 28, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Michael Ciaglo-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish federations umbrella group removes gun control and LGBTQ advocacy from policy priority list

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 17, 2022
John Rothmann was president of the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews when he led this protest outside the Soviet Consulate in San Francisco in 1986.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Archives Week: In immigration coverage, ‘let my people go’ was once ‘don’t let them in’ 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 17, 2022
The Kutz staff is shown in 1977. (Photo/courtesy of Kutz Camp)
Posted inU.S.

Reform movement’s longtime youth director named in landmark report on sexual misconduct in youth programs

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA February 17, 2022
a water tower that says UC Davis in blue writing
Posted inNorthern California

Talk by Israeli chemist at UC Davis ‘Zoombombed’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 17, 2022
Yeast, hair removal, wine, bathing suits and more were advertised in this 1905 issue of the Emanu-El, the original name of this paper.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Archives Week: Lace curtains, freckle salve and dancing pumps in early ads

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 16, 2022

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