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Justin Hefter (left) and Mohammed Al Samawi in Corona Heights Park in San Francisco, 2015.
(Photo/Courtesy of Justin Hefter)
Posted inNews

How an S.F. techie helped rescue a Yemeni activist via social media

by Rob Gloster August 28, 2018September 4, 2018
"Otarci" from Leszek Sobocki's "March '68" series, 1968 (Courtesy of Polin Museum)
Posted inHistory

In Warsaw, the chilling tale of 1968 anti-Semitic purges

by Rob Gloster August 24, 2018
A 93-year-old witness spoke at the unveiling about being a teenager when the Nazis used Kroscienko as a mass grave. (Photo/Jesse Mintz-Roth)
Posted inBay Area

With new monument, Jews and Poles refuse to let the past fade away

Hannah Jannol by Hannah Jannol August 16, 2018
19th Century Libyan Jews
Posted inNews

JIMENA and Israel ramp up Mizrachi and Sephardic oral history project

by J. Staff July 31, 2018August 7, 2018
Oakland teen Naomi Moskowitz at a mosque in Casablanca
Posted inTravel

‘Here’s lookin’ at you, kid’: Bay Area teen studies Arabic in Morocco

Hannah Jannol by Hannah Jannol July 26, 2018July 30, 2018
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint news conference following their summit in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Chris McGrath-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Understanding the Syria moment at the Trump-Putin news conference

by Ron Kampeas July 16, 2018
A memorial at the site of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Photo/Robinn Magid)
Posted inBay Area, World, Jewish Life, News

Back to the source: genealogy gathering goes to Poland

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 11, 2018July 11, 2018
The logo of the 2018 World Cup is seen in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, June 10, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Sefa Karacan-Anadolu Agency-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Jews root for Nigeria; Colombia’s Jewish coach; and more Jewish World Cup stories

by Emily Burack June 12, 2018June 12, 2018
Figurines of Jewish caricatures being sold by non-Jews in Krakow, Poland (Photo/Matthew Leber)
Posted inNews

State Assembly resolution urges changes in Polish Holocaust law

by Rob Gloster May 30, 2018
From left: Mubariz Gurbanli, chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations of Azerbaijan; Milikh Yevdayev, president of the Religious Community of the Mountain Jews of Baku; Elnur Afandiyev, archpriest of the Baku Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church. (Photo/Courtesy AJC)
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‘Zero anti-Semitism’ in Azerbaijan, says interfaith delegation in S.F.

by Rob Gloster May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

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