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"The paper will have your handprints on it," student Lucas Leeds says of drawing with charcoal. "You really become part of the drawing itself." (Photo/Leslie Katz)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

With paper and charcoal, local students learn empathy for Holocaust survivors

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz August 4, 2023August 7, 2023

Stick of charcoal in hand, an eighth-grader at San Francisco Catholic school École Notre Dame des Victoires sketches the thick mustache of the man in a photo sitting on her […]

Rebecca Stanfel (right), board president of the Montana Jewish Project, shakes hands with Bishop Austin Vetter of the Helena Diocese during a ceremonial signing of the building over to the Jewish community. (Screenshot via Facebook Live)
Posted inU.S.

After extended campaign, Jewish community buys back Montana’s first synagogue from Catholic Diocese

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 26, 2022August 29, 2022
Eugenio Pacelli’s coronation as Pope Pius XII on March 12, 1939.
Posted inBooks

‘The Pope at War’: A new book explains Pius XII’s silence during the Shoah — but does not excuse it

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward August 2, 2022August 2, 2022
Rabbi Camille Angel at the University of San Francisco's Lone Mountain Campus. (Photo/Lea Loeb)
Posted inBay Area

Meet the rabbi ‘queering’ religion at Jesuit Catholic USF

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 11, 2022February 12, 2022
The current Supreme Court, clockwise from top left: Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Elana Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, Sonya Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
Posted inNews

A Supreme Court decision allowing a Catholic foster agency to discriminate splits Jewish groups

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 18, 2021June 18, 2021
a photo of a decorate christmas tree with a menorah burning in the background
Posted inMixed & Matched

How do I tell my Catholic parents that I don’t plan to have Christmas?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
Mercy High School students at the Farkas Center's Kristallnacht event in November 2018. (Photo/Adrian Schrek)
Posted inUncategorized

Holocaust center loses home at SF Catholic school but vows to continue

by Gabriel Greschler May 13, 2020
Holocaust-era violins on display at Mercy High School. (Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust-era violins visit S.F. Catholic School

by Gabriel Greschler January 23, 2020
Rabbi Camille Shira Angel has been a presence at USF for years. (Photo/Courtesy Angel)
Posted inBay Area

Lesbian rabbi is Catholic University of San Francisco’s first rabbi-in-residence

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo July 23, 2019July 25, 2019
From the cover of "In Broad Daylight" by Patrick Desbois
Posted inYom HaShoah

Q&A: The Catholic priest who found mass graves of 1.5 million Jews

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 29, 2019April 30, 2019

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