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Rabbi Mayer Hirsch with barrels of sacramental kosher wine during Prohibition in San Francisco, ca. 1930. (The Magnes Collection)
Posted inHistory

100 years ago, Prohibition put booze and Jews in the news

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 24, 2019
URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, one year after the summer camp was largely destroyed by fire (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Two local Jewish camps get grants to increase accessibility

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 23, 2019
A scene from "Prisoners of War." (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inTV & Film

Two Israeli shows in top 10 of NY Times’ favorite international series of the decade

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 23, 2019December 30, 2019
Jessica Meir's Hanukkah socks, seen far above earth. (JTA/Jessica Meir/Twitter)
Posted inHanukkah

Astronaut Jessica Meir tweets Hanukkah message from space

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 23, 2019
American Jewish University in Bel Air, California. (Photo/Wikimedia-Cbl62 CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inCalifornia

Suspect in anti-Semitic vandalism of LA-area schools arrested

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 23, 2019December 23, 2019
Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman of Sacramento is the new chair of the North American Board of Trustees for the Union for Reform Judaism. (URJ/Rob Dicker)
Posted inNorthern California

New chair of Union for Reform Judaism is a NorCal woman — again

by Gabriel Greschler December 20, 2019January 3, 2020
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) (JTA/Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inThe Tell

The impeachment chronicles, and more from the week’s political news

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 20, 2019
Susan Saal's house on the Hanukkah Highway in Palo Alto.
Posted inJewish Life

Christmas Tree Lane? How about Hanukkah Highway?

by Gabriel Greschler December 20, 2019December 20, 2019
President Donald Trump signs an executive order combating anti-Semitism at the White House Hanukkah party, Dec. 11, 2019. (JTA/Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inBay Area

‘Completely wrongheaded’: Local Jewish studies profs skewer Trump’s order targeting campus anti-Semitism

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 19, 2019December 30, 2019
The Iron Dome missile-defense system intercepts rockets that were fired from Gaza, Nov. 13, 2019. Congress is approving funds to continue financing this and other anti-missile systems. (JTA/Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

With new spending bills, Congress signals renewed support for two-state solution

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 19, 2019December 19, 2019

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