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WEB4 days ago · What Abraham’s wells teach us about Israel’s struggles. By. J. Readers. J. The Jewish News of Northern California is the Jewish community news of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, since 1895.
Bay Area Jews start process to grieve Oct. 7 year mark
WEB12 hours ago · The Bay Area Jewish community on Sunday began a solemn and mournful period to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in Israel’s history, with rituals, songs and public gatherings to share their collective grief. In the year since Oct. 7, 2023, in which Hamas terrorists rampaged across southern Israel, murdering ...
Where to attend Oct. 7 commemorations in Northern California
WEB1 day 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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WEB6 days ago · Bay Area tattoo artists offer Oct. 7 survivors ‘healing ink’. A flower for a murdered father. A crown for a lost husband. Two wolves for a best friend killed in action. Fruit trees, like the ones that hid fleeing festival-goers. These were among the more than 100 images tattooed onto the bodies of Oct. 7 survivors by volunteers with a ...
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WEB6 days ago · How Oct. 7 changed being Israeli in America. By Jacob Gurvis Oct 2, 2024. (JTA) — While she was studying last year at Columbia University’s journalism school, Eleanor Reich would walk by protests calling for her country to be destroyed. When she would pass by classmates in the hallways, she said, some would avoid her gaze.
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WEB6 days ago · By Rabbi Dov Greenberg Oct 2, 2024. The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Rosh HashanahGenesis 21:1-34Genesis 22:1-24 This past year has been a difficult one for the Jewish people, and for Israel. But as we reflect on these struggles, it’s worth looking at a source as ancient ...
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WEBSep 27, 2024 · 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 ...
Jewish Life – J.
WEBSep 27, 2024 · By Rabbi Dov Greenberg Oct 2, 2024. The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Rosh HashanahGenesis 21:1-34Genesis 22:1-24 This past year has been a difficult one for the Jewish people, and for Israel. But as we reflect on these struggles, it’s worth looking at a source as ancient ...
Columns – J.
WEBSep 30, 2024 · Back in 2019, a reader wrote in to remind J. of a dispute that reared its head in 1970s Oakland. “Your article ‘Draft high school ethnic studies curriculum ‘anti-Jewish,’ say California Jewish orgs’ … reminds me of the time in the mid-’70s when Oakland’s Merritt College, where I was teaching, instituted a graduation requirement for…
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WEBAug 14, 2024 · Jewish Culture Club. By Niva Ashkenazi Aug 8, 2024. Northern California.