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Jewish refugees arrive in San Francisco from Shanghai on the USS General M.C. Meigs, 1949 (Photo/Courtesy U.C. Berkeley Bancroft Library)
Posted inBay Area

Chinese food Kiddush and more as B’nai Emunah celebrates 70th anniversary

by J. Staff December 4, 2019December 5, 2019
Israelis at Second Beach in Morro de Sao Paulo, Brazil. (JTA/Renato Santana/CORREIO)
Posted inIsrael, World, News, Travel

Why this Brazilian island is expecting 5,000 Israeli tourists this summer

by Marcus M. Gilban and JTA December 4, 2019
When Jewish Americans enter the voting booth, they are thinking more about health care and the economy than a country an ocean away, polls find. (JTA/Joana Toro/VIEWPress/Corbis via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Why Israel isn’t a top consideration for US Jewish voters

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 3, 2019
Hernán Rustein (right) at the Vatican, where he sang in 2014. (Fotografia Felici)
Posted inReligion

Latin America’s rising ‘passion’ for Reform Judaism coming to Bay Area this Shabbat

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Oct. 6 drop-in genealogy session at the Jewish Community Library in San Francisco with members of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society. (Courtesy SFBAJGS)
Posted inBay Area

Genealogy ‘mavens’ go old-school to uncover Jewish past

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 3, 2019December 5, 2019
Linda Sarsour speaks at a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at Washington Square Park in New York City, April 13, 2016. (Photo/JTA-D Dipasupil-WireImage-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Linda Sarsour backs Bernie Sanders, but not his support for Israel

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 2, 2019
Louis C.K. performs at The New York Comedy Festival at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Nov. 1, 2016. (JTA/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Bob Woodruff Foundation)
Posted inComedy

Louis C.K. jokes in Israel: I’d rather be in Auschwitz than New York City

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 2, 2019December 2, 2019
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, May 4, 2019. (JTA/Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli fighter planes strike Hamas military compound in northern Gaza

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 2, 2019
Kimberly Schroder shows off her 23andMe results. (Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inBay Area

A Bay Area woman wanted to discover her Jewish roots. She ended up finding her biological father.

by Gabriel Greschler December 2, 2019December 3, 2019
Reutlinger Community CEO Jay Zimmer (left) and Eskaton president Todd Burch (Photo/Dan Pine)
Posted inSeniors

Lawsuit questions Reutlinger agreement with non-Jewish management group

by Dan Pine December 2, 2019December 2, 2019

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