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Berkeley City Councilmember Cheryl Davila speaking at a press conference about homelessness in Berkeley, Dec. 2016 (Screenshot/YouTube)
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Berkeley city councilmember accused of firing commissioner who failed Israel litmus

by Dan Pine December 15, 2017
Israeli Golden State Warriors player Omri Casspi joins S.F. Chabad Rabbi Yosef Langer to light the menorah after the Warriors beat Dallas on the team's annual Jewish Heritage Night, Dec. 14, 2017 (Photo/Courtesy Golden State Warriors)
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Led by Omri Casspi, Warriors beat Dallas and light the menorah

by Rob Gloster December 15, 2017
Rep. Eric Swalwell questioning Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein during a hearing of the Judiciary Committee, Dec. 13, 2017 (Screenshot/YouTube)
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How Rebbe Nachman ended up in yesterday’s Judiciary Committee hearing

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 14, 2017March 19, 2018
Ultimate Frisbee for peace in Israel? Yep. (Photo/file)
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Ultimate Frisbee and other ways to ‘Invest in Peace’ in Arab-Israeli peace

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 13, 2017December 14, 2017
Daryl Messinger of Palo Alto, chair of the Union for Reform Judaism board of trustees, addressing the record crowd of 6,000 at URJ Biennial in Boston, Dec. 7, 2017 (Photo/Courtesy URJ)
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Israel, sexual assault and the future weigh on largest-ever Reform gathering

by Penny Schwartz December 12, 2017March 19, 2018
Mayor Ed Lee looking out over San Francisco's sister city of Haifa, Israel, in April 2016 (Photo/Dan Pine)
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Bay Area Jews mourn Mayor Ed Lee

by Rob Gloster December 12, 2017
Adam Berman is the director of Urban Adamah, one of the key organizations in the JOFEE movement.
Posted inNews

As back-to-the-land Judaism booms, new training for midcareer educators

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 12, 2017March 19, 2018
Members of the 2017-18 seventh-grade class at the Brandeis School of San Francisco (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
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S.F. students put philanthropy ahead of b’nai mitzvah gifts

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 11, 2017
UC Berkeley lecturer Hatem Bazian
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16 UC Berkeley faculty side with Jewish students against Bazian

by J. Staff December 6, 2017December 7, 2017
Donald Trump waving to reporters, as Vice President Mike Pence looks on, after announcing that the U.S. government will formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Dec. 6, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
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How Jewish groups are reacting to Trump’s Jerusalem recognition

by JTA and J. Staff December 6, 2017March 19, 2018

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