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A CNN banner seen before the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by CNN and The New York Times at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, Oct. 15, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

5 Jewish things to watch for at tonight’s Democratic debate

by JTA and Ron Kampeas October 15, 2019
Assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (left), Assembly member Jesse Gabriel (front, second from left), Gov. Gavin Newsom (center, seated) and others at signing for AB 1548 nonprofit security grant bill in Sacramento on Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo/Courtesy Assembly member Gabriel's Office)
Posted inNews

Governor signs law to protect vulnerable targets of hate

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 11, 2019October 15, 2019
A man views a makeshift memorial at the entrance to the synagogue in Halle, Germany, Oct. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Jens Schlueter-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

As an Israeli journalist in Germany, I wasn’t surprised by the Halle synagogue shooting

Dana Regev by JTA and Dana Regev October 11, 2019
Syrian Arab and Kurdish civilians arrive in northwestern Syria's Hasakeh province after fleeing the Turkish bombing on towns along the Turkey border, Oct. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Delil Souleiman-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Netanyahu condemns Turkey’s invasion of Kurdish areas in Syria

by JTA October 11, 2019October 11, 2019
The Chabad Center of Sonoma, which opened last month, was one of a handful of North Bay communities forced to make do on Yom Kippur during a planned power outage. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad of Sonoma)
Posted inBay Area

With power out, North Bay shuls improvise on Yom Kippur

by Sue Fishkoff October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
Consul General of Mexico in San Francisco Remedios Gómez Arnau addresses an audience at the "Building Bridges" forum organized by the American Jewish Committee on Oct. 7. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inNews

Mexico’s top diplomat in S.F. speaks to Jewish community

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
(From left) Broken down door to an office at Chochmat HaLev synagogue in Berkeley and a Berkeley Police officer taking fingerprints (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inBay Area, News

Burglary at Berkeley synagogue; $15,000 worth of goods stolen

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
A bus with the inscription "evacuation" is escorted by police in Halle, Germany, where a gunman killed two people before being taken into custody by police, Oct. 9, 2019. (Sebastian Willnow/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

The German synagogue shooter was a far-right extremist. Here’s why that’s rare in Europe.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
and old man in a garden, proudly holding up a bundle of carrots
Posted inObituaries

Len Traubman, who got Jews and Palestinians talking, dies at 80

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 8, 2019October 8, 2019
Tons of frozen bagel went up in flames when a semi's rear axle caught fire. (Photo/Courtesy Indiana State Police)
Posted inYom Kippur

Who by fire: 38,000 pounds of bagels burnt in truck days before Yom Kippur

by JTA October 8, 2019

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