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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond (center) met with Jewish leaders on Jan. 7 to discuss the controversial draft ethnic studies curriculum for California high schools. (Photo/Twitter-Rick Hirschhaut)
Posted inNews

Jewish leaders get their say on controversial ethnic studies curriculum

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 10, 2020January 21, 2020
San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council Executive Director Abby Porth speaks to press during a protest at a detention center in McAllen, Texas, June 24, 2018. (Photo/Sonia Daccarret)
Posted inNews

Abby Porth to step down as director of Jewish Community Relations Council

by J. Staff September 16, 2019September 19, 2019
Earl Raab was a prolific writer who led the San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council for decades.
Posted inBay Area

Columns by Earl Raab, Bay Area writer and Jewish community legend, now online

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 26, 2019May 24, 2019
Screenshot from Canary Mission's entry on Sophie Hurwitz
Posted inOpinion

When Canary Mission came for me, my hometown JCRC had my back

Sophie Hurwitz by Sophie Hurwitz April 1, 2019April 1, 2019
Laura Lauder
Posted inPhilanthropy

JCRC to celebrate community champion Laura Lauder

by Liz Harris February 11, 2019
a black woman, a woman in a hijab, and a latina woman stand together on stage
Posted inU.S.

Jewish Democrats: party will no longer sponsor Women’s March

by JTA and J. Staff January 15, 2019
a woman in sunglasses holds a sign that says "OY VEY" in pink letters, with the words, health, immigration, womens rights and human rights written around the edge
Posted inNews

Yes, go ahead and participate in Women’s March, JCRC says

by Rob Gloster January 14, 2019January 18, 2019
Sikh designer Nima Oberoi's take on the Hanukkah menorah
Posted inHanukkah

Sikh artist offers menorah as response to Pittsburgh

by J. Staff November 30, 2018November 29, 2018
Huq speaks holding a mic in front of a sign that says "Waging Democracy"
Posted inBay Area

How to preserve democracy when old norms fail

by Rob Gloster October 17, 2018October 17, 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

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