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News In tight Michigan race between Tlaib and Jones, Jews want ‘none of the above’
For some Jewish voters in Michigan’s heavily-Democratic 13th Congressional District — and there aren’t that many — the Aug. 4 Democratic primary is presenting a difficult choice. The one-term incumbent is Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American ever elected to Congress who has drawn repeated accusations of anti-Semitism for her criticism of Israel and support for…
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Community Will we be excited to return to shul?
This may be one of the oldest Jewish jokes out there. A Jewish man is shipwrecked on a desert island. Working with available supplies he makes a whole community, including a shul. Eventually he is rescued by a passing ship. Before they leave, one of the sailors says, “Hey! Why’d you build two synagogues?” The…
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News Bay Area community rallies for family of Dr. Ari Gershman, killed in shooting in the Sierras
A GoFundMe campaign for the family of a Bay Area Jewish doctor shot and killed while off-roading with his teenage son in a remote part of Sierra County, Calif. has so far raised over a half-million dollars. Ari Gershman, a 46-year-old pulmonary doctor who worked in pharmaceutical research, was with his son Jack when the…
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News At USC names of racists come down, the name of an anti-Semite stays up
As a national reexamination of monuments and memorials of flawed heroes moves along, the University of Southern California has accelerated its own efforts, aimed at past leaders whose credentials may appear ugly in the spotlight of today. Prominent among potential targets: racists. Not so prominent: anti-Semites, a fact that has many on campus concerned. Already,…
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News Jewish and Muslim women join forces to remove antisemitic graffiti in Birmingham, England
A group of Jewish and Muslim women, including the city’s only female rabbi, have defiantly come together to remove antisemitic graffiti which appeared overnight on a wall in Billesley in Birmingham, transforming it into positive art depicting a rainbow. Determined to show they’re “stronger together,” the women joined forces after vile and abusive words of…
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Community Here is why I embrace Pride with pride
Just a few weeks into the pandemic, soon after we began sheltering in place here in California, the actor, writer, and director, John Krasinski, began broadcasting an internet series on Saturday evenings called “Some Good News.” A Jewish conversation for Pride Month. Jodi Rudoren, editor-in-chief of The Forward, will be joined by a panel of…
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News Fake news and social media exaggerate L.A. protest anti-semitism, say local leaders
The Jews of Los Angeles are not under siege– though some media outlets would have you believe otherwise. Local synagogues, day schools, and Jewish-owned businesses are facing thousands of dollars worth of repairs after vandalism that occurred during the protests over the killing George Floyd. But, officials from the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles and…
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Community A prayer for George Floyd: ‘We take this pledge’
Innocent blood is calling out, God, Echoing through the universe. We must ask ourselves What have we done? What have we ignored, allowed, denied, Excused? But today we shed our excuses In a time of soul-searching. We take this pledge For our black brothers and sisters and for You, God: “I am my brother’s keeper”…
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