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Anatoly Smolkin caught on security camera across the street from Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco.
Posted inNews

Man threatening S.F.’s Beth Sholom is arrested and released

by J. Staff October 14, 2021October 22, 2021
An oil derrick near farm fields in Oklahoma. (Photo/JTA-Sarah Nichols-Flickr Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Shmita is Judaism’s sabbatical year. It can be a model for tackling climate change and inequality.

Sen. Meghan KallmanLex Rofeberg by Sen. Meghan Kallman, Rabbi Lex Rofeberg and JTA September 20, 2021
a young Black boy puts a fork of broccoli into his mouth
Posted inParenting

Stop packing lunches! It makes life better for everyone

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein April 26, 2021April 28, 2021
Cindy Gershen in her school’s garden in Concord.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

‘It takes a village’ to feed low-income students and families in East Bay

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 15, 2021May 7, 2021
A screenshot of a virtual Seder for U.S. lawmakers hosted by Mazon, a Jewish hunger relief advocacy group, March 18, 2021. (Screenshot/Courtesy Mazon)
Posted inNews

Record 33 lawmakers from both parties join Mazon’s hunger seder

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 19, 2021
Lori, a Holocaust survivor from the JFCS Holocaust Center speakers' bureau, addresses students in March 2019. (Photo/Trish Tunney)
Posted inEditorial

Holocaust survivors are fewer and fewer. Many live in poverty. We can’t forget them now.

by J. Editorial Board March 4, 2021March 5, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Rebecca Kerzner)
Posted inReligion

For this second pandemic Purim, let’s focus on giving tzedakah

Sharon Weiss-Greenberg by Sharon Weiss-Greenberg and JTA February 22, 2021
Posted inSeniors

South Bay orgs raise money for impoverished Holocaust survivors

by Gabriel Greschler February 22, 2021February 23, 2021
Devra Edelman
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: She works to bring homeless people inside 

by Liz Harris January 4, 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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