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Hundreds showed up at solidarity vigil outside Temple Israel in Alameda on Aug. 18. (Facebook)
Posted inNews

Hundreds show up at vigil for Alameda’s Temple Israel; vandalism being investigated as hate crime

by Sue Fishkoff August 19, 2017October 7, 2019
Alameda student Natasha Waldorf, seen here with parents Mel Waldorf and Jessica Lindsey at her bat mitzvah (Photo/Courtesy Mel Waldorf)
Posted inNews

School year dawns with no resolution for Alameda girl targeted with anti-Semitism [UPDATED]

by Sue Fishkoff August 18, 2017August 23, 2017
White nationalists and neo-Nazis clash with counter-protesters as they enter Emancipation Park during the Unite the Right rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Bay Area Jews differ over responses to upcoming white supremacist rallies

by Rob Gloster August 18, 2017March 19, 2018
A smashed window at Temple Israel clearly shows children's drawings of Stars of David, Aug. 17, 2017 (Photo/Mel Waldorf)
Posted inNews

Vandalism at Temple Israel in Alameda; windows smashed

by Sue Fishkoff August 17, 2017August 18, 2017
Zsolt Virag participates in a Mozaik Hub conference on LGBTQ inclusion in July, 2017 (Photo/Courtesy Mozaik Hub-Valter Berecz)
Posted inNews

Nourishing Hungarian Jewish organizations, with help from S.F.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 17, 2017March 19, 2018
Lior Tsarfaty strikes a chord with a woman in a scene from the documentary short “There is a Place.”
Posted inJewish Life

This musician is unlocking lost memories and hidden emotions in seniors

Alissa Greenberg by Alissa Greenberg August 16, 2017August 15, 2017
Izzy Ullmann with the matriarch of a Tibetan family that helped her find a way to make Shabbat in China
Posted inFirst Person

Cobbling together a Jewish life in China, just like my grandparents

Izzy Ullmann by Izzy Ullmann August 16, 2017August 21, 2017
In the past, Congregation Emanu-El's Israel programming has included such divisive speakers as comedian Roseanne Barr, who is known for her aggressive pro-Israel rhetoric on Twitter. (Photo/Hannah Rubin)
Posted inNews

Once-taboo Israel topics back on the table at S.F.’s largest synagogue

by Rob Gloster August 16, 2017
Rachel Bluwstein, often simply "Rachel," Israel's national poet
Posted inCulture

Rachel: Israel’s beloved national poet gets her due in local musical

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen August 16, 2017March 23, 2018
Dina Babbitt in 2009 with the Marvel comics collection "Magneto Testament," which included a comic book retelling of her story (Photo/Amanda Pazornik)
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In Auschwitz, she was forced to paint. Now her family wants her art returned.

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn August 15, 2017August 17, 2017

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