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Jehon Grist teaching Hebrew in the early days of Lehrhaus Judaica, now know as HaMaqom | The Place, which has announced it will be shutting its doors for good at the end of its summer term. (Photo/File)
Posted inEducation

Jewish education hub HaMaqom to close after 47 years

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 17, 2021June 22, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, pictured here in 2014 giving a speech, holds his kippah to his head. (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

How Naftali Bennett’s kippah stays on his bald head and why it matters

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 17, 2021
Crimean Karaites attend services in Simferopol, Crimea, June 9, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Sergei Malgavko-TASS via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Ukraine honors Karaite Jews as ‘indigenous,’ and Putin is furious

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA June 17, 2021
The Steuart Street entrance to the offices of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation. Inset: Federation CEO Danny Grossman. (Photos/from file)
Posted inBay Area

Pandemic accelerated Federation’s shift from ‘community chest’ to broader role

by Sue Fishkoff June 17, 2021June 17, 2021
Cantor Sharon Bernstein of Congregation Sha'ar Zahav participates in the Pride Seder on June 13, 2021. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

‘It reminds us why Pride exists’: S.F. Pride Seder honors queer liberation

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 16, 2021June 23, 2021
Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaking at the J Street National Conference in 2018 (Photo/JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

J Street unwelcome among increasingly right-leaning Zionist groups

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward June 16, 2021
flames illuminate thin mosque towers against a night sky
Posted inUncategorized, Israel

Incendiary balloons from Gaza prompt new Israeli airstrikes, days into new government

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 16, 2021
Israeli security forces clash with demonstrators during a protest against Israel's plan to evict Palestinians from the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 10, 2021.  (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inBay Area

Berkeley rent board to vote on resolution accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing

by Gabriel Greschler June 15, 2021June 15, 2021
Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco speaks on California Senate floor May 14 in support of SR109.
Posted inCalifornia

Jewish state lawmakers trumpet $80 million earmarked for Jewish priorities

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 15, 2021June 23, 2021
Israel's new prime minister, Naftali Bennett (left), and his recently ousted predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photos/from file)
Posted inNews

The future for Netanyahu and Bennett, according to an American political consultant who worked for both

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward June 15, 2021June 15, 2021

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