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In Bay Area, Be’eri survivors say they want to rebuild and return
2 days ago · When actual reconstruction begins, they will have to leave. Everything has to be rebuilt. Most of the kibbutz members want to return to Be’eri, Frailich and Escapa said, despite the horrors they lived through. A minority probably will not return. Reconstruction of the kibbutz will take from three to five years.
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4 days ago · By Gabe Stutman Nov 11, 2024. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of people withstood chilly temperatures and light rainfall in the nation’s capital on Sunday at a Jewish unity event that spotlighted immense challenges facing Jews in Israel and the diaspora. The rally at Nationals Park kicked off the Jewish Federations of North America’s three ...
'Judaism Is About Love' author on how Jews can disagree, lovingly
3 days ago · Emma Goss is a J. staff writer. She is a Bay Area native and an alum of Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School and Kehillah Jewish High School. Emma also reports for NBC Bay Area. Follow her on Twitter @EmmaAudreyGoss. Rabbi Shai Held, acclaimed theologian and author of “Judaism Is About Love,” is speaking throughout the Bay Area this week.
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By Maya Mirsky Nov 7, 2024. Daniel Lurie, a nonprofit founder and philanthropist from a prominent Jewish family, will be San Francisco’s next mayor. In the latest numbers, Lurie bested incumbent Mayor London Breed 56.2% to 43.8% in ranked-choice voting. Tens of thousands of votes were yet to be counted as of Thursday afternoon, but Breed had ...
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By Seth Brysk Nov 6, 2024. San Francisco Unified School District families are confronting multiple crises. Along with leadership changes, budget deficits and school closures, many students and parents are also contending with a climate of hate and exclusion. For the Jewish community, the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre in Israel marked the ...
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Oct 8, 2024 · Jewish Culture Club. By Niva Ashkenazi Aug 8, 2024. Northern California.
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4 days ago · For decades, Rabbi Shai Held has felt that conversations about Judaism’s core values and traditions often left out what he considers the foundational element of Jewish faith and tradition: love. “Christianity always told a story about itself being about love, and that story was coupled with a kind of denigration of Judaism and a claim….
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By Shira Li Bartov Oct 14, 2024. (JTA) — For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish worship service. Kol Nidre, the introductory service of Yom Kippur, took place in the Klausen Synagogue on Friday night, ending a hiatus that lasted more than 80 years and encompassed both the murder and ...
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Oct 18, 2024 · Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. American Jews are open to censoring political speech on campus and arresting college students demonstrating against Israel, but are divided over when these measures should be used. Nearly 60% of Jews in the United…. The latest Jewish news from around the country.