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Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, speaks outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, April 2018. (Photo/Flickr-Lorie Shaull CC BY 2.0)
Posted inNews

Prominent S.F. Muslim leader Zahra Billoo draws rebukes after warning about ‘polite Zionists’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 8, 2021December 8, 2021
(Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inNews

The New York Times updates style guide to ‘antisemitism,’ losing the hyphen

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 8, 2021
Stanford University students in Jerusalem on a Birthright Israel trip in 2017.
Posted inNews

Omicron variant scuttles major Stanford Israel trip as borders close 

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 7, 2021December 7, 2021
Nick Beitcher, owner of Midnite Bagel, which is now in its own production space.
Posted inSmall Bites

Former Tartine baker’s Midnite Bagel expands production into S.F.’s Dogpatch

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 7, 2021March 15, 2022
Senator Bob Dole at the Rally For Soviet Jewry, Dec. 6, 1987 (Photo/Forward-Robert A. Cumins)
Posted inNews

Bob Dole, dead at 98, fought to free Soviet Jews

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward December 7, 2021
As of today, there is more than enough cream cheese in the Bay Area. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inJewish Life

Fear not: There is no cream cheese shortage in the Bay Area

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 7, 2021March 15, 2022
Michael Steinhardt speaks at the Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala in New York City, May 21, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Michael Steinhardt, megadonor to Jewish causes, barred for life from collecting antiquities

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 7, 2021December 7, 2021
Jewish summer campers take a break in the grass. (Photo/Courtesy Foundation for Jewish Camp)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Jim Joseph Foundation awards $12M for Jewish summer camps

by J. Staff December 7, 2021December 7, 2021
Iron Dome missile defense interceptors are shot over the Israeli city of Ashkelon during Israel's conflict with Hamas in May 2021. (Photo/JTA-Avi Roccah-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

A major Israeli city is just 9 miles from Gaza. Some Americans are choosing to move there anyway.

by Linda Gradstein and JTA December 7, 2021
Andres Spokoiny at the opening plenary of the Z3 conference in Palo Alto, Dec. 5, 2021. (Photo/Saul Bromberger)
Posted inBay Area

‘Game on’ in Palo Alto at Z3 conference on Israel-diaspora relations 

by Ryan Torok December 6, 2021December 7, 2021

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