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Shay Cohen speaks in favor of the IHRA resolution, Feb. 15, 2023. (Screenshot)
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Berkeley student senate sinks IHRA antisemitism measure

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 16, 2023
Rabbi Gordon Freeman wearing the tallit his daughters gave him, which has the names of all his grandchildren on it. He is standing by a painting from The Sh'ma Project, which he and two friends put together.
Posted inJewish Life

Why this local rabbi is embracing his 80s with a second bar mitzvah

by Liz Harris February 15, 2023
A scene from "SHTTL," which will be screened at both the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival and the Jewish Film Institute's WinterFest.
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish film fest and JFI’s WinterFest bring dozens of movies to Bay Area

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 14, 2023January 29, 2024
A rendering of the planne East Bay campus in Oakland. (Courtesy JCC East Bay)
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More green, more light — updated plans for new Oakland JCC campus

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 9, 2023February 12, 2023
Shulem slurping soup in "Shtisel" is one of many Jewish TV food scenes you may encounter at upcoming Watch & Nosh events.
Posted inSmall Bites

‘Watch & Nosh’ events will pair TV clips with food and wine

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 9, 2023
Susan Duhan Felix in the first episode of “Art Beat,” a series Felix hosted on Berkeley public television. (Screenshot/Berkeley Community Media)
Posted inNews

Ceramicist, ‘welcomer’ and klezmer ‘impresario’ Susan Felix dies at 85

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 8, 2023January 15, 2024
Zachary Nelson, seen here hiking in Israel in 2022, was a devoted pro-Israel activist.
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Zachary Nelson, 27, pro-Israel activist from Alameda, dies in diving accident

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 6, 2023February 7, 2023
Opening day at Poppy Bagels in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood, Feb. 1, 2022. (Lillian Ilsley-Greene/J. Staff)
Posted inJewish Life

Bagel fans line up early for Poppy Bagels opening in Oakland’s Temescal

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 3, 2023February 3, 2023
This billboard at 52nd St. and Telegraph Ave. in Oakland paid for by JewBelong originally said, "You don't need to go to law school to know anti-Zionism is antisemitism," but was vandalized by an anonymous group of Jewish activists to read, "You don't need to go to law school to know anti-Zionism is anti-racism."  (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

Anti-Zionist Jewish activists claim credit for latest billboard defacement

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 1, 2023
A JewBelong billboard at  San Pablo Ave. and Hearst St. in Berkeley had the words "Free Palestine!" spray-painted on it. (Photo/Courtesy JewBelong)
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JewBelong billboards, for and against; Human composting is obscene; etc.

by J. Readers February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

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