This American rabbi is fighting antisemitism in China with online videos By Jordyn Haime, JTA Aug 5, 2022 With two degrees in Asian studies and 15 years of his life spent living and working in China — everything “from acting to the diamond business to real estate” — Rabbi Matt Trusch has a lot of experience with China. But antisemitism wasn’t one of those experiences — until he began posting on Douyin, China’s… Read More
Philanthropy Ziggy’s Playground: San Francisco family builds joy in Rwanda The day Ziggy’s Playground opened on a sun-drenched hilltop in Kigali, Rwanda, children needed no prompting to explore. Slides, stacked concrete pipes big… By Dan Pine Aug 4, 2022
World Zelensky reportedly strips 3 Jewish oligarchs of citizenship Three powerful and prominent Jewish oligarchs in Ukraine appear to have had their citizenship stripped as their long-simmering conflict with President… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Jul 28, 2022
Bay Area They visited Germany to reclaim, then donate, a Nazi-looted heirloom When Gabie Berliner was growing up in San Francisco, the only thing she knew about her father’s cousin Klara was that on the occasion of Gabie’s birth,… By Alix Wall Jul 21, 2022
World Russia’s war is undoing 30 years of Jewish community in Ukraine At the only regularly functioning synagogue here Vinnytsia, Ukraine, nine men and five women cheer a visitor on as he enters the building. “Terrific! We… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Jul 21, 2022
Bay Area Fremont man visits his birthplace: a DP camp in Germany About five years ago, with the help of his son, Steven, Abe Mazliach started a Facebook group for people like him. Mazliach, 76, of Fremont, was born in a… By Alix Wall Jul 15, 2022
Analysis Could Iraq stop the rest of the Middle East from uniting against Iran? It has become a kind of mantra in Washington and Jerusalem: Integrate much of the Middle East, including Israel, into a single security system to keep… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Jul 15, 2022
California Return Nazi-looted art to family, California attorney general urges California Attorney General Rob Bonta wants a $30 million painting, currently hanging in a museum in Spain, returned to the Jewish family it once belonged… By Emma Goss Jul 8, 2022
World How the Moishe House in Kyiv became a wartime safe haven The Moishe House model — three to five Jewish young adults living together and creating community through Jewish programming — works well in 30 countries.… By Michelle Cohen, JTA Jul 1, 2022