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Dozens of protesters arrive at San Francisco International Airports after border officials deny entry to two Palestinian activists who arrived with valid visas for a speaking tour. (Courtesy of Chase Carter/Center for Jewish Nonviolence via JTA)
Posted inBay Area

Palestinian guests of Kehilla synagogue detained at SFO and deported

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 12, 2025June 13, 2025

About 50 people gathered outside of San Francisco International Airport on Thursday morning to rally for two Palestinians from the West Bank who were coming to speak across the Bay […]

Rabbi Burt Jacobson
Posted inCommunity

Rabbi Burt Jacobson, a political activist and founder of Kehilla, dies at 87

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 24, 2024June 25, 2024
Rabbi Dev Noily’s grandfather, Jehudah Noily, was an enthusiastic Zionist. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inLocal Voice

For my grandparents, Zionism was a dream. For my son, it’s oppression.

Rabbi Dev Noily by Rabbi Dev Noily April 26, 2024April 29, 2024
Attendees participate in a High Holidays tashlich ceremony organized by Jews on Ohlone Land in Berkeley. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
Posted inNews

Through reparations, education and land statements, local Jewish activists are standing with Bay Area Indigenous people

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 13, 2022October 15, 2024
Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, speaks outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, April 2018. (Photo/Flickr-Lorie Shaull CC BY 2.0)
Posted inNews

Prominent S.F. Muslim leader Zahra Billoo draws rebukes after warning about ‘polite Zionists’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 8, 2021December 8, 2021
Marilyn Golden with Sen. Tom Harkin during her lobbying efforts for the American with Disabilities Act.
Posted inObituaries

Marilyn Golden, disability rights activist who lobbied for ADA, dies at 67

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 29, 2021September 29, 2021
Paula Pretlow (right) with her daughter Alison in Jerusalem.
Posted inBay Area, Analysis, Jewish Life

Jews of color, once sidelined, now being recruited by Jewish agencies

Rachele Kanigel by Rachele Kanigel August 5, 2021March 10, 2025
an older woman happily holds out her arms to greet an old friend in a large synagogue sanctuary
Posted inNews

Synagogues reopen their doors after long, arduous year

by Gabriel Greschler June 24, 2021June 24, 2021
Sara Shor "sounds the alarm" about the Line 3 oil pipeline at a March 11 protest in Oakland. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inNews

Jews join Oakland protest as Line 3 oil pipeline draws activists’ ire

by Gabriel Greschler March 12, 2021March 17, 2021
Screenshot from a KPIX segment on the donation.
Posted inPhilanthropy

East Bay synagogues donate 232,000 meals to food bank

by J. Staff December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

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