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A sign in front of Zoom headquarters in San Jose during a protest demanding that the company not host an upcoming event featuring Leila Khaled. (Photo/Facebook-Shield of David)
Posted inNews

Zoom will not host S.F. State event featuring Leila Khaled

by Gabriel Greschler September 22, 2020September 23, 2020
A Kristallnacht event held by the Helen and Joe Farkas Center for the Study of the Holocaust in Catholic Schools at Mercy High School in San Francisco, Nov. 2018. (Photo/Adrian Schrek)
Posted inEducation

A recent survey found young adults ignorant about the Holocaust — or did it?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 22, 2020September 30, 2020
Israeli Police at a temporary checkpoint in Jerusalem, on Sept. 21, 2020, to help enforce a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel has nearly 7,000 violations of national lockdown over Rosh Hashanah

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 22, 2020
Ronit Sholkoff, a 20-year-old junior at UC Berkeley, says she has been feeling “powerless” and “overwhelmed.”
Posted inHealth

‘Pandemic blues’ hitting young adults especially hard

by Gabriel Greschler September 22, 2020September 29, 2020
At Camp Che-Ne-Wah in the Adirondacks, future Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sometimes called the camp's "junior rabbi." (Photo/heyalma.com)
Posted inU.S.

From camp ‘rabbi’ to pursuing justice: How Judaism animated Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 22, 2020September 22, 2020
Zoom headquarters in San Jose. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEducation

Protest at Zoom HQ seeks to block S.F. State Leila Khaled event

by Gabriel Greschler September 21, 2020September 22, 2020
Rabbi Matt Soffer blows the shofar during a Rosh Hashanah service in remembrance of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sept. 19, 2020. (Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death changed Rosh Hashanah services this year

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA September 21, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address in the Capitol, Jan. 20, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Bill Clark-CQ Roll Call-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first Jew and first woman to lie in state at the Capitol

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 21, 2020
San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney in her office. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inEducation

S.F. State president on why hijacker’s invite is protected by academic freedom

by Gabriel Greschler September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
Ebrahim Nonoo’s family in Bahrain in the 1950s. (Photo/Courtesy Nonoo)
Posted inWorld

Jews have lived in Bahrain for 140 years. The country’s peace deal with Israel changes their lives.

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA September 21, 2020September 21, 2020

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