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Pinched by the pandemic, congregants are cutting synagogues dues from their household budgets
Across denominations and across the United States, Jewish families under financial pressure from the coronavirus pandemic are deciding that synagogue dues are an expense they can cut. “More congregations are seeing declines in members than are seeing growth,” said Amy Asin, vice-president of Strengthening Congregations, the synagogue advising arm at the Union of Reform Judaism….
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SFUSD parents mount opposition to proposed renaming of Feinstein Elementary
Should Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s name be removed from a San Francisco elementary school? A volunteer panel appointed by the city Board of Education says yes, and is recommending a renaming to city officials. The School Names Advisory Committee formed two years ago amid a nationwide reckoning on Confederate statues and monuments to America’s racist past….
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A Year on From Deadly Attacks, New York Jews Fear Even Greater Antisemitism in 2021
NEW YORK – A year on from the spate of antisemitic incidents that rocked the New York area, including deadly attacks in Jersey City and Monsey, Jewish leaders remain fearful for the future despite the high-profile show of solidarity for the community that initially followed. “I’m saddened that I think a lot of the progress…
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Jewish allies praise Alex Padilla, California’s newest senator
For a long while there, California had two Jewish United States senators at the same time, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein. Boxer retired after four terms in 2017; Feinstein remains, as the oldest senator at 87. Now that Boxer’s successor, Kamala Harris, is about to become the next Vice President, California is getting her replacement:…
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Jewish activists who defied Trump respond to Biden’s new caution on asylum
After President-elect Joe Biden backed off his promise to quickly end the Trump administration’s border policies, saying current restrictions are necessary to deter large numbers of asylum seekers, Jewish groups who came together to fight those restrictions are re-emphasizing the importance of their mission. “Biden needs to address the human rights abuses created by Trump…
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Christmas in Jerusalem, ‘only cats and dogs’ in the streets
Devoid of visitors, Jerusalem’s Old City lacks the holiday spirit that typically permeates the Christian Quarter’s alleys and churches around Yuletide. The coronavirus pandemic — now in its ninth month — has taken its toll on Christmas in the holy city. Tourists and pilgrims that ordinarily flock to the Holy Land for Christmas by the…
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Germany’s pandemic protests are mainstreaming antisemitic conspiracy theories
Read this article in Yiddish. In the last months, neo-Nazis have become more brazen, demonstrating openly in public, particularly at anti-coronavirus rallies – or Anti-Corona-Demos, as we call them in German. The rallies aren’t just anti-lockdown, they tackle everything which has to do with the virus, including denying that it exists. Most of these demonstrations…
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As Israel and Morocco finalize peace deal, the UN confirms its position on Western Sahara is unchanged
Just as Israeli and Moroccan leaders came together in Rabat with President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner to finalize the peace deal he helped broker, the U.N. Security Council met in New York to discuss the status of Western Sahara. U.S. recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed swath of Northwest Africa was one…
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Georgia’s Jews weigh in on hotly contested Senate races
The fate of the United States Senate may hang in the balance of an unlikely political force in Georgia: the Atlanta Jewish vote. Political operatives and election forecasters have zeroed in on the Atlanta metro area and its suburbs as the key sites for Democratic turnout, specifically Fulton, Gwinnett, and Cobb counties. This area happens…
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Meet Gabbi Stein, the first Orthodox Jewish girl to earn the rank of Eagle Scout
Not long after the Boy Scouts of America started letting girls in, Gabbi Stein felt her parents nudging her to join. Their sales pitch was hardly original: Their daughter was a junior in high school. It would look good on her college applications. “At first I was like, Oh my God, this is totally not…
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Will Israel’s 4th election in 2 years really be different? It’s possible.
At first glance, the early election into which Israel is being helplessly dragged, like a hostage in the clutches of a bank robber, is just more of the same. The fourth Knesset election in under four years. So what else is new? But there could be no greater mistake. This time it’s a whole new…
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