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A dumpster is set on fire in Yafo amid violent protests across Israel, May 11, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Avshalom Sassoni-Flash 90)
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Gaza rocket kills Israeli child as Arab-Jewish violence rages in Israel

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA May 13, 2021
Dec. 2018 reopening of the remodeled UC Berkeley Hillel building. (Photo/file)
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Berkeley police make arrest after vandalism at three Jewish sites

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 12, 2021
A man beats someone lying prone on the ground in the Israeli city of Bat Yam amid interethnic violence across Israel, May 12, 2021. (Screenshot)
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‘We’re watching a lynching’: Jewish crowd in Israel beats Arab man as country erupts in unrest

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA May 12, 2021
Three teens stand together — one Latina, one Asian, one black — the Asian one is wearing a t-shirt that reads "This is what Jewish looks like."
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Without using the term, Pew survey unveils new data on ‘Jews of color’

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA May 12, 2021
Supervisor Catherine Stefani introduced a resolution in support of SB 693, a bill that would strengthen the state’s Holocaust education. (Photo/Courtesy Andy Mullen)
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S.F. Board of Supervisors votes to support Holocaust education bill

by Gabriel Greschler May 12, 2021May 12, 2021
Smoke billows from Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, May 11, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Anas Baba-AFP via Getty Images)
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Death toll rises to 6 Israelis, 55 Palestinians in escalating fighting, while Arab protesters torch synagogue

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA May 12, 2021
(From left) Geffen, 11, Shaked, 8, and Netta, 4, hunker down for the night in a bomb shelter at Kibbutz Lahav, east of the Gaza Strip, on May 10, 2021. Their grandfather, Danny Grossman, is a former Sacramento resident who now lives in Israel.
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As rockets rain on Israel, Bay Area Jews call for restraint

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 11, 2021May 11, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, (right) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly Cabinet meeting, at Jerusalem City Hall, May 9, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Amit Shabi)
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With violence escalating in Israel, who’s in charge? The answer is not reassuring.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 11, 2021May 11, 2021
Though many Reform synagogues, such as San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El, remain large communities, the new study found that the share of American Jewry affiliated with the Reform movement is in decline. (Photo/file)
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New Pew study of American Jews: Deep questions, surprising answers

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 11, 2021May 12, 2021
An Israeli emergency crew at the site of a rocket attack in Rishon Lezion that left one person dead. (Photo/Courtesy ZAKA)
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Ben Gurion airport closed as rockets from Gaza batter Tel Aviv area

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA May 11, 2021May 11, 2021

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