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Security footage of a man leaving one of the flyers on a front porch. (Screenshot/KSBW Action News 8)
Posted inNews

White power flyers in Aptos bring faith leaders together

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 30, 2021September 1, 2021
Logo of the social network application TikTok on the screen of a phone. (Photo/JTA-Martin Bureau-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inTech

Antisemitic and anti-Muslim content is flourishing on TikTok, report finds

by Alejandra Molina and RNS August 30, 2021
Sirhan Sirhan in 1979. (Photo/JTA-Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Parole board votes to release Sirhan Sirhan, who killed Robert Kennedy for his pro-Israel views

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 30, 2021
Miriam Root is a past president of Congregation Beth Shalom in Marysville, and has been a member for more than 30 years. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inUncategorized, Northern California

Gold Country synagogue may be sold, members to focus on philanthropy

by Gabriel Greschler August 27, 2021August 31, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) meets President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, Aug. 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Sarahbeth Maney-Pool-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Biden and Bennett focus on Iran in first meeting: ‘If diplomacy fails, we’re ready to turn to other options’

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 27, 2021
NorCal NCSY teens beautify a bench at a youth center in Kiryat Gat, Israel.
Posted inNews

Sightseeing? Sure. But this teen trip to Israel was much more. 

by Dan Pine August 27, 2021August 30, 2021
Afghan refugees' luggage sits at the Torrejon de Ardoz air base in Madrid, Spain, Aug. 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jesus Hellin-Europa Press via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

After Afghanistan’s last Jew refused to leave, his would-be Jewish rescuers helped dozens of other Afghans escape instead

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 27, 2021August 27, 2021
(From left) Demonstrators use a tutari, a shankh, shofars, a drum and bells to "Make a Holy Noise for Climate Change" on Aug. 25 in San Jose. (Photo/George Barahona)
Posted inUncategorized

Jews and other faith groups make ‘holy noise’ for action on climate change in San Jose

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb August 26, 2021September 1, 2021
A panel from Bernard Zakheim's expansive WPA murals on medical history in UCSF's Toland Hall auditorium; Zakheim working on the mural in 1937. (Photos/UCSF Archives and Special Collections)
Posted inCulture

Court blocks removal of WPA-era murals at UCSF — for now

by J. Staff August 26, 2021August 26, 2021
Placing stones on a headstone at a Jewish cemetery honors the deceased. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

An unveiling without a headstone? A shortage challenges grieving families

by Stewart Ain and Forward August 26, 2021

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