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Carmel Tanaka meets with Bay Area Jewpanese families participating in her oral history project: (from left) Daniel Raskin, Kayoko Yokoyama, Tanaka, Kristin Eriko Posner and Bryan Posner. (Photo/Courtesy Tanaka)
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Growing ‘Jewpanese’ identity comes through in new oral history project

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 12, 2022July 13, 2022

Carmel Tanaka doesn’t like fractions. She eschews calling herself “half Jewish” or “half Japanese.” Rather, she uses the term “Jewpanese,” a word she first came across about 10 years ago. Born […]

Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin of Temple Sinai presents Carl Chan, president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, with money to help pay for security cameras in the neighborhood.
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Synagogue with Chinese American rabbi helps beef up security in Oakland’s Chinatown

by Eliyahu Kamisher October 11, 2021October 12, 2021
Sigismund Danielewicz, seen here ca. 1884, was a Jewish union organizer representing seamen and barbers. (Photo/Courtesy UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library)
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This S.F. Jew stood up to anti-Asian hate in 1885 — and got booed

by Gabriel Greschler September 5, 2021January 27, 2022
A man walks past a massage parlor where three women were shot and killed in Atlanta, March 17, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Elijah Nouvelage-Getty Images)
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After Atlanta massacre, Jewish groups rally on behalf of Asian Americans

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 17, 2021

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