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Then-Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give joint statements to the press in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Debbie Hill-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

OK so Joe and Bibi talked — but what does it all mean?

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Keshira haLev Fife, a kohenet (Hebrew priestess), is the founder and leader of Kesher Pittsburgh, an independent, post-denominational Jewish community. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Fife)
Posted inOpinion

Don’t call them ‘fringe’: Innovative Jewish groups seek respect from the mainstream

Gary Rosenblatt by Gary Rosenblatt and JTA February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Students at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton look at art from the center in March 2020.
Posted inNews

In East Bay, traveling Holocaust ‘center’ uses art to tell story of the Shoah

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 22, 2021
Posted inSeniors

South Bay orgs raise money for impoverished Holocaust survivors

by Gabriel Greschler February 22, 2021February 23, 2021
A worker at the Israeli Sea Turtle Rescue Center cleans a sea turtle in the coastal moshav of Mikhmoret, north of Tel Aviv on Feb. 21, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Suspected oil spill may be worst in Israel’s history

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 22, 2021
Bekkah Scharf (far left) and Gen Xia Ye Slosberg (far right) at a Black-Asian solidarity rally on Feb. 13 at Oakland's Madison Square Park.
Posted inNews

How Jews are responding to local surge in attacks on Asian Americans

by Gabriel Greschler February 19, 2021February 13, 2023
Jacqueline Novogratz headlined the Feb. 17 webinar titled “Moral Leadership in Imperfect Times”, part of the S.F.-based Federation's Day of Philanthropy series.
Posted inBay Area

SF Federation event touts investment in the developing world

by Dan Pine February 19, 2021March 3, 2021
Shirah Ponce using the Clubhouse app to listen in on a Jewish geography room.
Posted inBay Area

Local Jews flock to Clubhouse, the invite-only, audio-only social network

by Gabriel Greschler February 19, 2021March 2, 2021
A soldier walks around outside a large dusty industrial facility
Posted inU.S.

Biden administration is ready to talk with Iran about a return to the nuclear deal

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 19, 2021
A chance encounter between a law professor and a Holocaust survivor prompted a feel-good story (which may or may not be true) to circulate online. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inHistory

Is Bonne Maman an anti-Nazi jam? The internet wants to think so.

Gabe FriedmanPhilissa Cramer by Gabe Friedman, Philissa Cramer and JTA February 18, 2021

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