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San Mateo Mayor Amourence Lee
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After 7 days without a mayor, San Mateo appoints first Jew of color to the job

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 19, 2022December 20, 2022

Amourence Lee was appointed mayor of San Mateo by the city council on Dec. 12 after a weeklong battle over the position that left the city without a chief executive […]

Gen Xia Ye Slosberg
Posted inBay Area, Education, Jewish Life, News

A Jewish-Asian college student grieves a lost senior year, and so much more

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 2, 2021June 2, 2021
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
Bekkah Scharf (far left) and Gen Xia Ye Slosberg (far right) at a Black-Asian solidarity rally on Feb. 13 at Oakland's Madison Square Park.
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How Jews are responding to local surge in attacks on Asian Americans

by Gabriel Greschler February 19, 2021February 13, 2023
(Clockwise from top left) Lunar team members Davi Cheng, Jared Chiang-Zeizel, Jenni Rudolph and Gen Xia Ye Slosberg. (Photos/Facebook)
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Asian American Jews connect and share in ‘Lunar’ video series

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 3, 2021February 3, 2021

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