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Feinstein Elementary, named for the current U.S. senator and former San Francisco mayor, was slated for renaming under an SFUSD board plan. (Photo/Google Maps)
Posted inEducation

Facing litigation, S.F. school board rescinds renaming plan

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 7, 2021
A rose is placed on the Berlin Holocaust Memorial on International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Maja Hitij-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

How a new Holocaust ‘seder’ is preparing for a post-survivor world

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 7, 2021April 7, 2021
The aftermath of antisemitic vandalism at the synagogue of Larissa, Greece, Dec. 3, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Jewish Community of Larissa)
Posted inUncategorized

Global antisemitism report: Assaults down, vandalism up due to pandemic

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 7, 2021
Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia and Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, visit the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Bessemer, Alabama, March 5, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Megan Varner-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S., News

Meet the longtime Jewish labor activist going up against Amazon in Alabama

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 6, 2021
Students at Alameda High School are using social media to call out fellow students who have shared racist and antisemitic messages on social media. (Screenshots/Courtesy) Background: Alameda High School (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEducation

Alameda High parents and students call out another round of racist, antisemitic posts

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 6, 2021April 12, 2021
An aerial view of American Jewish University's Sunny & Isadore Familian Campus in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Courtesy)
Posted inCalifornia

American Jewish University seeks partner to share its L.A. campus

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA April 6, 2021April 6, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Knesset building in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Netanyahu again tapped to form Israeli government without clear path to majority

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 6, 2021April 6, 2021
Duolingo's "flag" for the Yiddish course showcases an aleph with a "komets" diacritic, a foundational Yiddish letter. (Image/Courtesy Duolingo)
Posted inUncategorized

How Duolingo created a Yiddish course with a secular scholar and Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA April 5, 2021
Zabulon Simantov reads a prayer book before celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2009. (Photo/JTA-Paula Bronstein-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

The last known Jew in Afghanistan is leaving

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 5, 2021
Screenshot from “Antisemitism in Our Midst.”
Posted inNews

Antisemitism video explainer from UC Berkeley aims to cool campus debate

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 2, 2021April 3, 2021

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