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View from a Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control vehicle, Jan. 1, 2022 (Photo/Twitter)
Posted inNews

Sonoma JCC solicits funds for Boulder fire recovery

by J. Staff January 4, 2022January 5, 2022
Architect's rendering of Berkeley Moshav
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Berkeley Moshav has design, now seeks members for Jewish co-housing project 

by Sue Fishkoff January 4, 2022January 4, 2022
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein walks towards a press conference with Poway Mayor Steve Vaus, April 28, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Sandy Huffaker-AFP-Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Hero rabbi in Chabad of Poway shooting gets jail time

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward January 4, 2022January 4, 2022
(From left) Nancy Federman, Chris Witzel and Diane Rolfe prepare postcard kits for distribution in the spring.
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Beth Am group thinks ‘fast’ in push for voting rights

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 4, 2022
Two Israeli women arrive in Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 15, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

Spain and Portugal have naturalized more than 90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA January 4, 2022
Wheatland Union High School District Superintendent Nicole Newman delivers a video message on Dec. 30, 2021, addressing a photo of students covered in swastikas that went viral on social media. (Screenshot)
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Wheatland High takes ‘disciplinary action’ against students after swastika stunt

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 3, 2022January 4, 2022
A woman receives a fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv Jan. 2, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Avshalom Sassoni-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel begins administering 4th Covid vaccine dose

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 3, 2022
Eli Wirtschafter with mother Diane (left) and father Josh (right) in "Another Seder on the Zoom." (Screenshot/YouTube)
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What you read this year: Our top 10 most popular stories of 2021

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Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland held its first indoor service in a year, March 14, 2021.
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Facing omicron spike, Bay Area synagogues weigh their options

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Emma Goss and Maya Mirsky December 30, 2021January 5, 2022
Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system (left) intercepts rockets fired by Hamas toward southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Anas Baba-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The top 10 global Jewish news stories of 2021

by Rabbi A. James Rudin and RNS December 30, 2021

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