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Rabbi Sydney Mintz (center) of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco marches with other faith leaders at a protest in San Diego on July 2. (Photo/Ellen Fleishhacker)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Moral emergency’: Bay Area Jews join nationwide immigration protests

by Dan Pine July 3, 2018July 27, 2018
Whole families came to a protest at a migrant detention facility in McAllen, Texas, to speak out against the family separation policy. (Photo/Sonia Daccarret)
Posted inUncategorized

As parents, we were compelled to visit a Texas immigrant detention center

Sonia Daccarett headshotHoward Kleckner headshotSuzanne Browne Mead by Sonia Daccarett, Howard Kleckner and Suzanne Browne Mead July 3, 2018July 2, 2018
The Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews held daily vigils in front of the Soviet Consulate, like this one in Nov. 1986, to protest the USSR policies that made it difficult for Jews to leave Russia. (Photos/Tom Wachs)
Posted inLocal Voice

You know who else separated families trying to cross borders? The Soviets.

by David Waksberg June 29, 2018June 26, 2019
A woman with her back to the camera; the back of her jacket reads: "I really do care, don't you?"
Posted inNews

Around the Bay and at the border, Jews fan out to protest child detention

by Dan Pine June 28, 2018June 28, 2018
Immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol seen at the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, June 17, 2018. (Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Posted inOpinion

Yes, our immigration policy is biblical. Ever heard of Sodom?

Rabbi Jill Jacobs by Rabbi Jill Jacobs June 26, 2018June 25, 2018
Rev. Dr. Ellen Clark-King speaking at an interfaith vigil for immigrant children at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, June 21. Far right: Abby Porth of Jewish Community Relations Council with Rabbis Jason Rodich and Sydney Mintz of Congregation Emanu-El (Photo/SFJCRC-Twitter)
Posted inFirst Person, Local Voice, Opinion

Interfaith vigil for immigrants was good. Now let’s get to work.

Rita R. Semel by Rita R. Semel June 25, 2018June 25, 2018
Protesters at a Jewish rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in New York City demonstrate against the government’s border separation policy, June 21, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
Posted inBay Area, U.S., California, News

Bay Area Jews head for the border for weekend protests

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 22, 2018June 22, 2018
Officers taking a group of Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Texas, June 12, 2018. (Photo/JTA-John Moore-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

World Refugee Day is June 20. This year, more than ever, it’s time to act.

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel June 18, 2018June 19, 2018
Gabriella Farber as Bella Cohen and Rita Petviashvili as Sarah Davis (Photo/Ivan Nikolaev)
Posted inCulture

Teen musical ‘Jeans!’ tells the essential SF Jewish immigrant story

by Rob Gloster May 28, 2018May 29, 2018
The names of lynching victims are inscribed on weathered steel columns that hang from the ceiling at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo/JTA-Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post-Getty Images)
Posted inColumns

When we allow social injustice to continue, we steal from God

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 25, 2018

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