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Clockwise from the top: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum (JTA-Erik McGregor-LightRocket via Getty Images), Rabbi Jill Jacobs (JTA-Courtesy Jill Jacobs), Rabbi Angela Buchdahl (JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images). Background: Demonstrators gather at the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem with flags of Israel during the controversial Flag March, organized by Israeli right-wing nationalists on June 15, 2021. (JTA-Ilia Yefimovich-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Rebuffed privately, influential rabbis go public with plea to cut off American Jewish funding of Israeli extremists

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA April 11, 2022April 11, 2022

In the wake of last year’s round of deadly fighting in Gaza, a group of prominent rabbis in the New York area came to believe that a major American Jewish […]

A selection of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Israel. (Photo/JTA-Linda Gradstein)
Posted inLetters

‘Moral blindness’ around Israel; Big news about circumcision; No sympathy for Chesa Boudin; etc.

by J. Readers December 13, 2021December 13, 2021
A worker at the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Israel. (Photo/RNS-AP-Tsafrir Abayov)
Posted inOpinion

Outlawing Ben & Jerry’s boycott is a distraction that makes antisemitism harder to fight

by Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, Rabbi Lester Bronstein and RNS December 7, 2021
an orthodox woman and a muslim woman shake hands, surrounded by children
Posted inOpinion

Loving Israel or opposing the occupation? It’s a false dichotomy.

Rabbi Jill Jacobs by Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Forward November 18, 2021November 19, 2021
Anne Germanacos
Posted inBay Area, News, Philanthropy

Unconventional philanthropist Anne Germanacos funds human rights, social justice, the arts and more

by Liz Harris October 7, 2021October 8, 2021
A woman with the pro-life organization Bound4Life raises her hands in prayer outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building, Oct. 5, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Everything ‘potentially up for grabs’: What Jewish groups are watching for in this unusual Supreme Court session

by Ron Kampeas and JTA October 8, 2020
This Passover, as in every year, new haggadahs abound.
Posted inKids & Family

New haggadahs for 2020: nationalism, artistry, the environment and more

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 11, 2020March 12, 2020
Rabbi Amy Eilberg speaks at an Aug. 11 protest in front of Palo Alto City Hall. (Photo/Courtesy Bend the Arc)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why this rabbi protested U.S. immigration policy on Tisha B’Av

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 14, 2019August 14, 2019
Rabbi Mira Rivera speaks at a Jewish protest against Amazon at one of the company’s brick-and-mortar stores in New York City, Aug. 11, 2019. The protest was held on Tisha B’Av, a traditional Jewish day of mourning. Behind the speaker is a banner with a Hebrew quotation from the Book of Lamentations, which is traditionally read on Tisha B'Av. (Photo/JTA-Facebook video screenshot)
Posted inNews

40 Jews arrested in New York protesting Amazon’s ties with ICE

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales August 12, 2019August 12, 2019
Jasmine Alston and her 2-year-old (not shown) attended an Aug. 1 protest at the San Francisco ICE office. (Photo/Tova Ricardo)
Posted inNews

Progressive groups mark Tisha B’Av with monthlong ICE protests

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo August 7, 2019August 8, 2019

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