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Russian Jews

Ricki Alon cherishes Israel as a "Safe Haven" for all Jews — such as these immigrant children, seen here after arriving in Israel on a flight from Ethiopia, Oct. 29, 2012. (Photo/JTA-Uriel Sinai-Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael at 70

What Israel means to me: safe haven

Ricki Alon by Ricki Alon April 9, 2018April 9, 2018
Jewish organizations during the May Day demonstration at Marsovo Pole in Petrograd, Russia, 1919. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center)
Posted inNews

100 years later: What was the role of Jews in the 1917 Russian Revolution?

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz November 7, 2017March 19, 2018
Russian camaraderie is a key ingredient in Limmud FSU, as seen here at Limmud FSU Toronto 2016. (Photo/Courtesy Limmud FSU)
Posted inNews

Russian-language camaraderie coming to Oakland with Limmud FSU

by Sue Fishkoff October 30, 2017March 19, 2018
The San Francisco JCC has ended its Russian-language programs, such as this dance event for older Russian Jewish émigrés. (Courtesy/JCCSF)
Posted inBay Area, News

JCCSF ends kosher lunch program, turns over senior émigré programs to JFCS

by Dan Pine July 7, 2017July 11, 2017
people in costume sitting around a table eating
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Our federation is on a quest to develop more access points to Jewish life

Wendy Verba by Wendy Verba June 28, 2017June 28, 2017
a younger adult helps and an older person with a cane
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Honor thy parents by fighting for S.F. affordable housing

Susan Moldaw by Susan Moldaw February 14, 2017
Bookshelf of old copies of J. Previous names of this publication have included Emanu-El and Jewish Bulletin. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inBay Area, Columns

This week in history: renouncing Soviet citizenship (1969), “What Y2K means for Jews” (1999)

by J. Staff January 6, 2017

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