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A houseboat on Lake Shasta. (WIKIMEDIA/CCATLETT1972 CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inNorthern California

Lawsuit: judge called public defender ‘Jew boy,’ shoved him into Lake Shasta

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 7, 2020July 14, 2020
Camp Ramah in the Rockies (Photo/Courtesy Ramah)
Posted inBay Area, U.S., Northern California, California, News

Ramah in the Rockies Jewish summer camp averts layoffs with a federal grant

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Israeli police officers wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in the religious neighborhood of Meah Shearim, April 6, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel declares complete coronavirus lockdown on eve of Passover

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA April 6, 2020
In lieu of gatherings to remember Holocaust victims and read aloud their names publicly, Yad Vashem is asking the international public to record themselves reading the names of Holocaust victims and share their videos on social media using the campaign’s hashtags , #RememberingFromHome #ShoahNames. (COURTESY YAD VASHEM)
Posted inUncategorized

Yad Vashem to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with at-home name-reading videos

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
San Francisco Giants Manager Gabe Kapler (center) at a press conference, Nov. 13, 2019. (Gabe Stutman)
Posted inSports

Giants manager Gabe Kapler plays video games to stay sharp as he waits for baseball season

Marc Brodsky by Marc Brodsky and JTA April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
Mike Perlmutter, wearing his grandfather's hat,  with the letter certifying his Polish citizenship. (ALICIA MOORE)
Posted inBay Area

The story behind one Berkeley Jewish man’s quest for Polish citizenship

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
Jeanne Henzel Swartz in her workshop. (MAURICE RAMIREZ)
Posted inBay Area

Idea born at Oakland temple: Making plastic masks for medical workers

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 3, 2020April 3, 2020
Amid all the darkness in the world right now, Rachel Luck took this photo last week of a rainbow over the dome of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco.
Posted inJewish Life

Feel-good pandemic photos from Jews around the Bay

by J. Staff April 3, 2020April 3, 2020
Jay and Phyllis Koppelman were among the first Californians to test positive for Covid-19. (COURTESY JAY KOPPELMAN)
Posted inNews

Local Jewish couple in their 70s recounts battle with Covid-19

by Gabriel Greschler April 3, 2020April 14, 2020
A view outside the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan in New York City. (JTA/NOAM GALAI/GETTY)
Posted inU.S.

The pandemic, and how the Jewish community survives it

by Ron Kampeas April 3, 2020

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