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Dr. Ari Johnson and Dr. Jessica Beckerman are this year's recipients of the Charles Bronfman Prize for their work bringing medical care to Mali.
Posted inUncategorized

‘We have the obligation to help’: Married doctors recognized for life-saving work in Mali

by Dan Pine February 18, 2021February 23, 2021
La Cocina executive director Caleb Zigas, shown here at Besharam, earned a James Beard Award for his leadership. (Photo/Courtesy La Cocina)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Director of food incubator for women of color to nurture his baby a little longer

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 18, 2021January 20, 2021
Still from “Shared Legacies:The African American-Jewish Civil Rights Alliance” (Photo/Menemsha Films)
Posted inCulture

Film-speaker series to spotlight shared Black-Jewish values

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 29, 2020January 5, 2021
image of capitol building
Posted inOpinion

Equity, justice and fairness — state propositions that address all three

David Newman by David Newman October 6, 2020October 7, 2020
several people wearing facemasks sit in chains protesting in front of a gate with a banner that says "FREE THEM ALL"
Posted inOpinion

Don’t disregard the lives of California prisoners during this pandemic

Lynn Berkley-Baskin by Lynn Berkley-Baskin August 5, 2020August 11, 2020
A typical Eichler home in Sunnyvale. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inJewish Life

Famous for his California homes, this Jewish developer pushed to integrate the burbs

by Lisa Keys and JTA August 5, 2020August 5, 2020
illustration: a silhouette of a man wearing a tallit and raising his fist in the air
Posted inUncategorized

I’ve been a rabbi fighting racial injustice for decades. But I have not done enough.

Rabbi Sid Schwarz by Rabbi Sid Schwarz June 30, 2020
(From left) Chef Mike Harris; Zion Taddese, owner of Queen Sheba’s restaurant; interns Lesieli Ngata Pailate, Essly Olvera, Lucy Munoz, Zach Roberts; Rabbi David Azen; and intern Omar Mendoza (Photo/Courtesy David Azen)
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: This rabbi helps people find a way through Sacramento food desert

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller October 23, 2019November 5, 2019
At a gathering earlier this year in New York, attendees brainstormed for a new Jewish holiday: Yom HaTzedek — Day of Justice. (Photo/Courtesy Andrew Mandel)
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He’s on a quest to create a new Jewish holiday — Yom HaTzedek, a Day of Justice

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 9, 2019July 9, 2019
Julie Chronister, one of the organizers of the Jewish Bay Area contingent at the McAllen protest (Photo/Sonia Daccarret)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area housing sought for three immigrant families

Hannah Jannol by Hannah Jannol July 27, 2018July 30, 2018

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