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Rabbi Raleigh Resnick surveys the damage to the Chabad center he runs in Pleasanton after it was severely damaged by fire on Aug. 9. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inNews

Fire seriously damages Chabad center in East Bay on eve of Tisha B’Av

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 12, 2019August 13, 2019
California Jewish and Latino lawmakers visit the Otay Mesa Detention Center near San Diego. (Photo/Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus)
Posted inNorthern California

Jewish and Latino state lawmakers visit ICE detention center near San Diego

by Gabriel Greschler August 12, 2019August 13, 2019
Rabbi Mira Rivera speaks at a Jewish protest against Amazon at one of the company’s brick-and-mortar stores in New York City, Aug. 11, 2019. The protest was held on Tisha B’Av, a traditional Jewish day of mourning. Behind the speaker is a banner with a Hebrew quotation from the Book of Lamentations, which is traditionally read on Tisha B'Av. (Photo/JTA-Facebook video screenshot)
Posted inNews

40 Jews arrested in New York protesting Amazon’s ties with ICE

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales August 12, 2019August 12, 2019
Matan Zamir, deputy consul general at Israel's S.F.-based consulate, during an interview in the J. offices, Aug., 2019 (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli consulate welcomes new No. 2 to S.F.

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 9, 2019
House of Representative Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Steny Hoyer has a tough job: Uniting Democrats on Israel

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 9, 2019
Israeli author David Grossman speaking in Strasbourg, France, September 2014 (Photo/Wikimedia-Claude Truong-Ngoc CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inIsrael

Left-wing author David Grossman eulogizes settler teen murdered hugging his book

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by JTA and Cnaan Liphshiz August 9, 2019August 9, 2019
Just in time for the annual San Francisco. Giants Jewish Heritage Night, the team has acquired Jewish outfielder Kevin Pillar, seen here the second inning of an April 29 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Photo/©2019 S.F. Giants)
Posted inSports

Jewish Giant: Kevin Pillar gets into the swing of things in the Bay Area

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 9, 2019August 8, 2019
Protesters and counterprotesters clash during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 12, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Calla Kessler-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

White supremacists have murdered at least 73 since Charlottesville rally, ADL says

by JTA August 8, 2019August 8, 2019
Joanne Greene with a young member of the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda (Photo/Fred Greene)
Posted inBay Area

Meet the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda, in documentary and talk at Marin JCC

by Dan Pine August 8, 2019August 8, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to present the 2018 International Religious Freedom Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Nicholas Kamm-AFP)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Bay Area Jewish orgs condemn Trump admin’s plan to admit no refugees in 2020

by Gabriel Greschler August 8, 2019August 8, 2019

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