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WEBAmazon is selling Sukkot gift boxes that say ‘tuchus’. By Shira Li Bartov Sep 26, 2024. By Arno Rosenfeld. J. The Jewish News of Northern California is the Jewish community news of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, since 1895.
Bringing comfort to Bay Area children in need, one blanket at a time
WEB1 day ago · Phyllis Edwards at her home in Lafayette surrounded by the blankets she makes for abused girls, foster youth and other children in need, Sept. 25, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) Volunteer services manager Ami Dodson told J. that JFCS receives around 250 blankets per year from Project Linus. Every child served by JFCS is …
A tale of two street murals about the Israel-Hamas war
WEB23 hours ago · jewishnews_sf. A group of artists gathered at Lake Merritt in Oakland to paint a mural calling for a cease-fire in Gaza on Sunday, six months to the day since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. By Monday afternoon, the artwork was gone — an allegory, perhaps, about the current prospects for peace in the Middle East.
A settler and a Palestinian who haven’t given up on peace
WEBSep 24, 2024 · Schlesinger and A’wad will speak again at Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in partnership with Congregation Sherith Israel. Roots was founded in 2014 by Ali Abu Awwad, who comes from a prominent Palestinian family. His mother, Fatma, was a local PLO leader and a close adviser to the late PLO leader ...
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WEBSep 23, 2024 · A settler and a Palestinian who haven’t given up on peace. Hanan Schlesinger tells a familiar story of an Israeli Jew turned peace activist. Despite living in close proximity for years, he didn’t know any Palestinians and, therefore, found it easy to dehumanize them. But he began a transformation years back …
Opinion – J.
WEBBy J. Readers Sep 18, 2024. Why antisemitism training was canceled I am responding to the Sept. 11 article “Anti-Israel groups say they convinced S.F. schools to cancel antisemitism training.”. As a teacher in San Francisco Unified School District and specifically at Abraham Lincoln High School who was supposed to attend the professional ...
Where to attend Oct. 7 commemorations in Northern California
WEB4 days ago · At the west steps of the California State Capitol, 1315 10th St., Sacramento. 6 p.m. Oct. 7 Vigil — Memorial event followed by grieving and reflection sessions. Begins at Central Park, 401 C St., Davis. 6 p.m. and moves to Hillel House, 328 A St., Davis, at 7:30 p.m. RSVP required for Hillel event.
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WEB5 days ago · On the gay dating app Grindr, Jason Eisner’s profile contains a Star of David emoji. “It’s impossible to know me and not have my Jewishness come up right away,” Eisner, a theater producer, said…. (JTA) — An investigation into misconduct complaints against the two administrators of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los ...
Northern California – J.
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Jewish Culture Club. By Niva Ashkenazi Aug 8, 2024. Northern California.
Our top 10 most popular stories of 2022 – J.
WEBDec 27, 2022 · 1. Goyim TV. The most popular story on Jweekly.com in 2022 was a 2-year-old article by J. news editor Gabe Stutman about Goyim TV, the prolific antisemitic streaming site and propaganda organization, being briefly removed from the internet.But scattered among the highest-ranked stories of the year were several other pieces by Stutman about Goyim TV, which was based in Petaluma until recently.