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Joe Schneider: “It’s therapeutic for me to create the dough, and seeing that the bread I make makes people happy.”
Posted inBay Area, Food, News

After perfecting challah for his family, this college student now bakes for the common good

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 21, 2021May 24, 2021
Jewish influencers and users of Instagram, the visual social networking app that is widely used for activism, say it became a challenging place during the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

‘Not good for my mental health’: Jewish Instagrammers struggle amid Israel-Gaza conflict and antisemitic violence

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA May 21, 2021
The new Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building at UCSF is named in honor of John Pritzker's sister, who died by suicide at the age of 24 in 1972. (Photo/Courtesy Pritzker family)
Posted inPhilanthropy

$60 million gift from Pritzkers builds UCSF family psychiatry center

by Liz Harris May 20, 2021
University of San Francisco campus. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inUncategorized

USF closes Instagram account after ‘disturbing’ posts about Israel-Gaza conflict

by Gabriel Greschler May 20, 2021May 20, 2021
Two images. Left: Photo of a smiling woman with East Asian features in a denim jacket. Right: cover art for her novel, which featues a lavish illustration of a sailing ship on a turbulent sea.
Posted inBooks

Otherness meets expansive imagination in local author’s books for young readers

Rebecca Landau by Rebecca Landau May 20, 2021July 9, 2021
Google headquarters in Mountain View. (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTech

Jewish employees urge Google to support Palestinians, reconsider contracts with Israeli entities

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA May 20, 2021
Jossel in an apron smiling in the kitchen
Posted inSmall Bites

Dianne Jacob’s ‘Will Write for Food’ gets 4th edition; Nopa turns 15; Sabra still alive

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 19, 2021May 26, 2021
A teacher is under investigation and on administrative leave after hanging these four German flags, including a Nazi flag, in a classroom at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento. 
Posted inEducation

Sacramento teacher placed on leave for Nazi flag in classroom

by Gabriel Greschler May 19, 2021
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are captured on cellphone video physically attacking Jews and using antisemitic language at a restaurant in Los Angeles, May 18, 2021. (Screenshot/Twitter @AdamMilstein)
Posted inCalifornia

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attack Jews at LA restaurant

by Andrew Lapin and JTA May 19, 2021
Muslim volunteers assemble snack and hygiene packs at Masjid-e-Mohammedi in Fremont, part of a day of cooperation between the mosque and Temple Beth Torah, May 2021. (Photo/Mufaddal Ezzy)
Posted inBay Area

Muslims and Jews team up to help unhoused in Fremont

Rachele Kanigel by Rachele Kanigel May 19, 2021May 25, 2021

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