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A Mother's Day celebration for Afghan families hosted by JFCS East Bay in 2011. (Courtesy JFCS East Bay)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

How local Jewish orgs are helping Ukrainian and Afghan refugees find jobs

by Ryan Torok September 21, 2023September 22, 2023
Gertrude Stein poses in front of the portrait of her that Picasso painted in 1906. (Photo/Getty Images)
Posted inArt

A Paris exhibit explores the friendship between Oakland-raised Gertrude Stein and Picasso

by Mervyn Rothstein September 20, 2023September 20, 2023
Demonstrators shout “Demokratia,” Hebrew for “Democracy,” during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Union Square in San Francisco, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Hundreds protest ‘Crime Minister’ Netanyahu during his Bay Area trip

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu discuss AI and antisemitism in a livestreamed talk on X, formerly Twitter, in Fremont, Sept. 18, 2023. (Screenshot via X)
Posted inTech

Netanyahu and Elon Musk talk antisemitism and AI during friendly chat streamed on X

by Andrew Lapin September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
Israeli-born pianist Tom Borrow (Photo/Michael Pavia)
Posted inMusic

‘Incandescent’ Israeli concert pianist Tom Borrow, just 22, to perform in Berkeley amid world tour

by Stav Ziv September 18, 2023September 29, 2023
A High Holiday service at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area

Amid a wave of hoax bomb threats, here’s how local synagogues are ramping up security for High Holidays

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
Adam Mansbach is the author of "The Golem of Brooklyn." (Photo/Susan Chainey)
Posted inBooks

In Adam Mansbach’s latest novel, a golem confronts white nationalists in present-day Kentucky

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
Oakland City Council Member Treva Reid (right) speaking at the presentation of grants to Oakland-based nonprofits MISSSEY and Oakland Genesis by Israeli Consul General  Marco Sermoneta (second rom right), Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy Consulate)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Israeli consulate grants $10,000 to youth-focused nonprofits in Oakland

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 7, 2023September 7, 2023
Wilderness Torah's 2022 Rosh Hashanah seder at Green Valley Farms. (Photo/Julia Maryanska for Wilderness Torah)
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Earth-based groups embrace the Sephardic Rosh Hashanah seder this year

by Dan Pine September 5, 2023September 6, 2023
The scene inside Milk + Honey’s shipping container as Kabbalat Shabbat services at Burning Man began Friday night. (Photo/Forward-Danielle Kushner)
Posted inNews

With Burning Man caked in mud, this camp saved Shabbat

Louis Keene by Louis Keene September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

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