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David Weiner, admissions director and enrollment manager at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto, atop the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, on a visit to recruit Chinese students for Kehillah, March 2024. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inEducation

From Shanghai to Palo Alto: Kehillah Jewish High School looks to China for new recruits

by Sue Fishkoff March 29, 2024April 8, 2024

Updated April 3. Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto isn’t just thinking outside the box when it comes to student recruitment. It’s thinking outside the continent. After years of […]

(Screenshots/JTA)
Posted inWorld

Since Oct. 7, antisemitism has exploded online in China. Here’s why.

by Jordyn Haime November 10, 2023November 12, 2023
In a video for Douyin, China's version of TikTok, Rabbi Matt Trusch explains in Mandarin "what Jews have done for the world."
Posted inWorld

Jewish stereotypes abound in China. A U.S. rabbi is using online videos to fight them.

by Jordyn Haime and JTA August 5, 2022
A Taiwanese dance teacher practices Israeli folk dance in Yilan, Taiwan. (Photo/JTA-Jordyn Haime)
Posted inCulture

Folk dance is a national pastime in Taiwan. Israeli songs are a big part of the tradition.

by Jordyn Haime and JTA July 5, 2022
The Brandenburg Gate decorated for the 1936 Olympics in Nazi-controlled Berlin.
Posted inOpinion

2022 Olympians have a chance to protest China’s Uyghur genocide — just like brave athletes did during the Nazi games in 1936

Rafael Medoff by Rafael Medoff and Forward December 10, 2021December 10, 2021
Visitors walk by the logos for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, Dec. 7, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Frayer-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

While US officials plan to boycott Beijing Olympics, Israeli officials expected to attend

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 9, 2021
Salih Hudayar (center, with bullhorn), the prime minister of the East Turkistan government-in-exile, leads a protest in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inNews

Safe in the Bay Area, a Uyghur fears for his family at home

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 28, 2021
Lina Lenberg teaches at Presidio Hill School about using art as a form of activism and resistance. The image on the board is by Sulu Artco, a collective of artists and activists who are raising awareness about the plight of the Uyghurs. (Photo/Callie Taylor)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish emigré from former Soviet Union ‘compelled’ to advocate for China’s Uyghur minority

by Doug Chandler May 26, 2021May 26, 2021
Esther Tiferes Tebeka and her 15 year-old daughter (left) on the American evacuation plane from Wuhan, China. (Esther Tiferes Tebeka)
Posted inCalifornia

In coronavirus quarantine, Jewish Palo Alto woman shares story of evac from Wuhan

by Gabriel Greschler February 7, 2020March 6, 2020
(From left) Hedy Durlester, Lotte Marcus and daughter Naomi Marcus at a Dec. 8 event in San Francisco honoring Feng Shan Ho, who saved thousands of Jews from Nazi Germany. (Andrew Esensten)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli, Chinese consulates in S.F. honor ‘Schindler of the East’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 11, 2019December 17, 2019

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