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Teacher Stacy Pearce released a TikTok video protesting Covid mandates. (Photo/Screenshot)
Posted inNorthern California

NorCal teacher on leave after Holocaust vaccine comparison

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 25, 2021
People wearing face masks at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inTravel

Israel set to permit vaccinated tourists starting Nov. 1, but questions remain around children and boosters

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 21, 2021
A medical worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine at Barzilai Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on Dec. 20, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Gil Cohen-Magen-AFP via Getty)
Posted inAct Two

My granddaughter won’t get vaccinated, and I can’t change her mind

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 18, 2021October 18, 2021
an older woman happily holds out her arms to greet an old friend in a large synagogue sanctuary
Posted inBay Area

As local rules relax, Bay Area congregations return to their sanctuaries

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 15, 2021October 26, 2021
Joy Sisisky will serve as the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund's interim CEO starting Dec. 31, 2021.
Posted inPhilanthropy

In a time of global suffering, Federation sees growth in Jewish giving

by Dan Pine October 14, 2021October 14, 2021
Rabbi Asher Meza, in addition to supporting anti-vaccine activists, has bucked the wider Orthodox community in other ways. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Meza)
Posted inU.S.

A Proud Boys-sympathizing rabbi in Florida has provided 200 vaccine exemption requests

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 12, 2021
Rivka Taub Rivera, a physical education teacher at a New York City public school, began her maternity leave early to avoid having to comply with a vaccine mandate that went into effect for city teachers on Oct. 4, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Rivera)
Posted inU.S.

These Jewish NYC schoolteachers want a religious exemption from the city’s vaccine mandate

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA October 4, 2021
Ty Alper is the president of the Berkeley school board.
Posted inEducation

Virus and vitriol: Berkeley’s Jewish school board president reflects on Covid

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 28, 2021September 30, 2021
(Photo/JTA-Matthias Kulka-Getty Images)
Posted inKids & Family

Why we’re spending the High Holidays traveling the world — virtually

Avi Dresner by Avi Dresner and JTA September 14, 2021September 14, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom encourages a crowd to vote against the recall effort targeting him, August 2021. (Photo/Forward-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Recall or not, Gavin Newsom needs to atone—and so do his critics

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward September 14, 2021September 14, 2021

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