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(From left) W. Kamau Bell, Mira Stern, Courtney Desiree Morris and Adam Mansbach discussed ties between the Black and Jewish communities at a Jan. 17 forum at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco. (Photo/Bowerbird Photography)
Posted inAnalysis

What does the Black-Jewish alliance look like in 2023? In a word, messy

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 2, 2023December 31, 2023
San Mateo Mayor Amourence Lee
Posted inNews

After 7 days without a mayor, San Mateo appoints first Jew of color to the job

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 19, 2022December 20, 2022
Players of games like the massively popular "Call of Duty" can often be subjected to "white supremacist ideologies" from other players, according to a new ADL report.
Posted inCulture

ADL: One in five adults is exposed to white supremacist ideologies while gaming

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 9, 2022December 12, 2022
Julius Rosenwald with students from a Rosenwald School. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library)
Posted inU.S.

This would be the only national park telling the story of an American Jew

by Mark I. Pinsky and Forward October 20, 2022October 20, 2022
People protest at a Los Angeles City Council meeting, Oct. 11, after council members were recorded making racist comments. (Photo/JTA-Sarah Reingewirtz-MediaNews Group-Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Los Angeles council member recorded making racist comments also discussed Jews disparagingly

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA October 13, 2022
Eric McDonnell
Posted inBay Area

‘Teach-In on Reparations’ will take movement for Black reparations to synagogue

by Dan Pine August 22, 2022August 23, 2022
Tina Sacks is an assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley.
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: Tina Sacks on ancestral trauma and feeling ‘Jewish enough’

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene July 20, 2022
Yanira Quinones, who came with her family from Westchester, recites a Juneteenth poem at the Be'chol Lashon Juneteenth Shabbat in New York City. (Photo/Forward-Julian Voloj-Be'chol Lashon)
Posted inU.S.

‘Delightfully uncomfortable’: Commemorating Juneteenth at 3 Shabbat events

TaRessa Stovall by TaRessa Stovall and Forward June 20, 2022June 20, 2022
The Rev. William Barber (left) and the Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chairs of the Poor People's Campaign, lead a demonstration outside the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 13, 2021. (Photo/RNS-Jack Jenkins)
Posted inTorah

What the Torah has to say about the Poor People’s Campaign march this Shabbat

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg June 17, 2022June 17, 2022
Galveston residents celebrate Juneteenth, which originated in the Texas city. (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inU.S.

This Juneteenth, Jewish communities are reckoning with their own attitudes on race

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 17, 2022June 17, 2022

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