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Stanford University's campus from above / Wikimedia Commons
Posted inBay Area

Stanford to investigate claim that it had quotas for Jews in the 1950s

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 12, 2022
A program cover from a 1920s Yiddish Press Ball in Warsaw is shown before and after conservation treatment. It and thousands of other programs and posters can be seen as part of the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections project. (Photo/Courtesy YIVO)
Posted inHistory

From the reverent to the raunchy, YIVO’s vast archives of Yiddish life are reunited online

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA January 11, 2022January 11, 2022
Robert Durst appears in court to hear his life sentence for murder, at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles, Oct. 14, 2021 .(Photo/JTA-Myung J. Chun-Los Angeles Times-Pool Photo)
Posted inU.S.

Robert Durst, real estate scion who was convicted of murdering his best friend, is dead at 78

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 11, 2022
A fountain for ritual hand-washing, part of a Holocaust memorial at Santa Rosa Memorial Park cemetery, was vandalized for the second time in two years. (Photo/Dennis Judd)
Posted inBay Area

Holocaust memorial fountain toppled again in Santa Rosa

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 10, 2022
Deborah Lipstadt at a showing of “Denial” at the Rome Film Festival, Oct. 17, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Elisabetta A. Villa-WireImage)
Posted inNews

‘Antisemitism is not a game’: Why the Senate holdup on Biden’s antisemitism envoy matters

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward January 10, 2022
Sinai Memorial Chapel began life in 1901 as Hebrew Funeral Parlors.
Posted inBay Area

Growth spurt for Sinai funeral home as it marks 120 years

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 6, 2022January 10, 2022
Travelers at Ben Gurion Airport, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inU.S.

Israel to allow US visitors back in for the first time since November

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 6, 2022
Pro-Trump demonstrators overtook police and stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/Lloyd Wolf via JTA)
Posted inNews

Jews were on both sides of Jan. 6. Where are they a year later?

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 6, 2022
Monika Salzer speaks at a rally with fellow members of the Omas Gegen Rechts group, or Grandmas Against the Right, which she co-founded in 2017. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Omas Gegen Rechts)
Posted inWorld

In Germany and Austria, a movement of grandmothers is taking on the far right

headshot of Joe Baur by Joe Baur and JTA January 5, 2022
A healthcare worker prepares a vaccine at a facility operated by the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Rabin Square, Dec. 31, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Aster-Flash90)
Posted inUncategorized

4th Covid shot increases antibodies fivefold, data from Israel shows

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

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