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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his residence in Jerusalem, Feb. 28, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Gali Tibbon-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Israeli election: Netanyahu leads exit polls

by Sue Fishkoff March 2, 2020March 2, 2020
Chancellor Carol Christ in front of Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus. (Photo/Courtesy UC Berkeley)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

JCRC to honor UC Berkeley chancellor for ‘courageous leadership’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 2, 2020
Israeli voters in quarantine due to possible exposure to coronavirus vote at a special polling station in Jerusalem during national elections, March 2, 2020. (JTA/Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel votes: Bibi and Gantz neck and neck again, special polling places for quarantined voters

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA March 2, 2020March 2, 2020
The extended Trachtenberg family, plus friends, at the entry to Allen’s Garden during a work party day, a few years ago. Front and center, in white blouse, is Mitzi Trachtenberg, widow of Allen. She died Feb. 8, 2020. (Courtesy Julie Trachtenberg)
Posted inEducation

A learning garden grows in Richmond, in memory of ‘Grandpa Allen’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 28, 2020March 5, 2020
Democratic presidential candidates (L-R) former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Tom Steyer arrive on stage for the Democratic presidential primary debate on Feb. 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. (JTA/Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Poll: Jewish voters prefer any Democrat, including Bernie, over Trump

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins February 28, 2020February 28, 2020
3d print of the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/Flickr CC BA 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized

Bay Area Jewish orgs respond to coronavirus: Israel trips canceled, but wait and see on local steps

by Gabriel Greschler February 28, 2020March 6, 2020
A campaign billboard in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv, featuring Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz in front of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo/JTA-Artur Widak-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

A guide to Israel’s unprecedented third election in less than a year

by JTA February 27, 2020February 27, 2020
Junior Mayema, a gay refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who now lives in San Francisco is one of four Bay Area refugees profiled in the documentary "Unsettled." (Tom Shepard)
Posted inBay Area, Culture, Film, TV & Film

At East Bay Jewish film fest, ‘Unsettled’ shows humanity of four local gay refugees

by Michael Fox February 27, 2020February 28, 2020
Sarah Julia Seldin, left, and Shani Mink are founders of the Jewish Farmer Network. (JTA/Ben Harris)
Posted inU.S., Holidays, Tu Bishvat, Jewish Life, News

How a new wave of Jewish farmers are growing their own community

by Ben Harris and JTA February 26, 2020February 26, 2020
Men wearing suits portraying haredi Jews with an ant's abdomen and legs at the annual procession of the carnival in Aalst, Belgium, Feb. 23, 2020. (JTA/Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

I enjoyed the Belgian carnival that featured anti-Semitic floats. Then I searched for homes in Israel.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 26, 2020

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