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A picture shows the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli, Sept. 28, 2011. (Photo/JTA-Joseph Eid-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Libya’s Jewish cemeteries were destroyed. They are being rebuilt online.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 12, 2021
(Photo/Courtesy SF Opera)
Posted inCulture

Koret Foundation to give $2M to local arts, cultural orgs

by J. Staff October 12, 2021
Rabbi Asher Meza, in addition to supporting anti-vaccine activists, has bucked the wider Orthodox community in other ways. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Meza)
Posted inU.S.

A Proud Boys-sympathizing rabbi in Florida has provided 200 vaccine exemption requests

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 12, 2021
Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin of Temple Sinai presents Carl Chan, president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, with money to help pay for security cameras in the neighborhood.
Posted inBay Area

Synagogue with Chinese American rabbi helps beef up security in Oakland’s Chinatown

by Eliyahu Kamisher October 11, 2021October 12, 2021
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who founded Ben & Jerry's in 1978, spoke about the company's decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank in an interview with Axios released Sunday. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

In TV interview, Ben & Jerry’s founders say accusations of antisemitism following West Bank pullout are ‘absurd’

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 11, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom encourages a crowd to vote against the recall effort targeting him, August 2021. (Photo/Forward-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inEducation

Newsom signs ethnic studies requirement, years in the making

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 8, 2021October 8, 2021
Rabbi Shira Stutman discusses circumcision during a class for converts to Judaism at the Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington, DC on December 5, 2013.. (Photo/JTA-Linda Davidson-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

These Jews want to normalize not circumcising — and they want synagogues to help

by Ben Harris and JTA October 8, 2021December 7, 2021
Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists protest alongside each other during a demonstration outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Dietsch-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

The 2021 Supreme Court’s Jewish issues: Abortion, church-state separation, Nazi-looted art — and the court itself

by Ron Kampeas and JTA October 8, 2021October 8, 2021
Anne Germanacos
Posted inBay Area, News, Philanthropy

Unconventional philanthropist Anne Germanacos funds human rights, social justice, the arts and more

by Liz Harris October 7, 2021October 8, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of the Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Newsom's office)
Posted inEducation

Newsom launches council to boost California Holocaust education

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 7, 2021

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