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Marcella Campbell White, director of Be'chol Lashon, at a virtual ADL event, Feb. 18, 2021. (Screenshot/Zoom)
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New head of S.F. diversity agency: All hands on deck in fight for Jews of color

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
Shoshana Mackay lives on a Jewish farm in North Carolina. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Mackay)
Posted inU.S.

Transgender Jews are finding safe haven in an unexpected place: the farm

by Ben Harris and JTA February 24, 2021March 1, 2021
Opposition political leader Alexei Navalny's supporters seen marching in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Jan. 31, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Aleksey Fokin-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Why Russian Jews are divided over the anti-Putin movement

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
Cynthia Ficsher of Visalia has collected millions of buttons for a new Holocaust memorial in Bakersfield. (Photo/Courtesy Leah Schlanger)
Posted inUncategorized

Millions of buttons collected for Central Valley’s first Holocaust memorial

by Patricia Corrigan February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
Merrick Garland during his Senate confirmation hearing, Feb. 22, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Demetrius Freeman-Pool-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Merrick Garland in AG confirmation hearing: ‘Senator, I’m a pretty good judge of what an antisemite is’

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 23, 2021
State Sen. Josh Becker (center) at a campaign event in 2020. (Photo/Lam Nguyen)
Posted inNews

Josh Becker’s California dream: from startups to state senator

by Dan Pine February 23, 2021February 23, 2021
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

Renaming of SF schools suspended: Feinstein and Sutro safe for now

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 23, 2021
Marlee Matlin, an Oscar-winning actress who is deaf and Jewish, receives the Morton E. Ruderman Award in Tel Aviv from Jay Ruderman, June 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Erez Uzir)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Ruderman foundation will no longer fund Jewish disability inclusion efforts

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA February 23, 2021February 23, 2021
A view from the entrance to Kol Emeth's new sanctuary, looking straight at the Ark.
Posted inNews

Palo Alto shul’s new building blends Biblical old and Silicon Valley new

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 23, 2021March 4, 2021
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel speaks before other California lawmakers about bills that address hate crimes, Feb. 22, 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Jenny Berg)
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California’s Jewish lawmakers join show of support for hate crime bills

by Gabriel Greschler February 22, 2021February 22, 2021

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