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San Francisco Unified School District students walking to class on the first day of school, Aug. 17, 2022. (Photo/Instagram @londonbreed)
Posted inEducation

S.F. school board backtracks on Muslim holidays until new ‘calendering process’ is developed

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 21, 2022September 25, 2022

With a fourth lawsuit in two years bearing down on the district, the San Francisco school board voted on Tuesday to hold off on a plan to close schools and […]

Lowell High School
Posted inEducation

S.F. school board facing legal questions about new Muslim holidays policy

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 18, 2022August 18, 2022
A view of San Francisco Unified School District's Mission High School from Dolores Park. (Photo/Flickr-Don Barrett CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inEducation

San Francisco school board votes to close schools on two Muslim holidays

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 10, 2022August 17, 2022
Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, left, speaks with Rashad Hussain at a Muslim Jewish Advisory Council event at the U.S. Institute for Peace in Washington D.C., April 28 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inNews

Doug Emhoff says being the second gentleman brought him closer to Judaism

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Imam Omar Suleiman hugs Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker after the rabbi’s release from being held hostage at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, on Jan. 15, 2021. (Photo/RNS-Asra Khan)
Posted inOpinion

11 hours of prayer and solidarity at the Colleyville synagogue standoff

by Omar Suleiman and RNS January 19, 2022
An interfaith group of clergy gathered at Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Community in Colleyville, Texas, to support law enforcement and the families of those taken hostage in the 11-hour standoff Jan. 15, 2022, at Congregation Beth Israel. (Photo/RNS-via Twitter)
Posted inU.S.

As rabbi was held hostage, interfaith colleagues gathered to help end the standoff

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS January 18, 2022
Damage to the Islamic Center of San Francisco after a beer bottle was thrown through the window on Nov. 12, 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Islamic Center of San Francisco)
Posted inBay Area

Outpouring of Jewish support follows S.F. mosque vandalism

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 17, 2021November 17, 2021
Muslim volunteers assemble snack and hygiene packs at Masjid-e-Mohammedi in Fremont, part of a day of cooperation between the mosque and Temple Beth Torah, May 2021. (Photo/Mufaddal Ezzy)
Posted inBay Area

Muslims and Jews team up to help unhoused in Fremont

Rachele Kanigel by Rachele Kanigel May 19, 2021May 25, 2021
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on combating radical Islam in Mulhouse, France, Feb. 18, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jean Francois Badias-Pool-AFP)
Posted inWorld

To fight radical Islam, France is limiting religious freedoms — with the blessing of its Jewish minority

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 27, 2020October 27, 2020
Ramy Youssef stars in the Hulu series “Ramy.”
Posted inTV & Film

Why Jews should watch ‘Ramy,’ a new series about a millennial Muslim

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 26, 2019

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