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Smitten Ice Cream reopened on Nov. 21, a month after vandals broke the windows and left pro-Palestinian graffiti. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Vandalized Jewish-owned Smitten Ice Cream reopens with gratitude

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 24, 2023November 24, 2023

Smitten Ice Cream, the Jewish-owned shop in San Francisco whose windows were smashed and covered with pro-Palestinian graffiti weeks after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel, reopened on Tuesday […]

Passersby stop to read Smitten Ice Cream owner Robyn Sue Fisher's message "To My San Francisco Community," posted on the boarded up windows of the local chain's Mission District location, Sunday evening, Nov. 5, 2023. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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‘In the spirit of ice cream, I choose love’: Jewish shop owner speaks out after vandalism in S.F.

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 31, 2023November 6, 2023
The Arab Liberation Mural in the Mission District's Clarion Alley was created by activists with the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, Arab Youth Organizing and local and international artists. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
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How a dispute over a ‘Zionism Is Racism’ mural derailed an S.F. public library exhibit

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 12, 2022August 16, 2022
Rabbi Jeremy Sher leads the Open Shabbat service at the 16th Street BART station in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
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‘Open Shabbat’ welcomes the Sabbath with San Francisco’s unhoused

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 25, 2022November 11, 2023

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