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Oklahoma board denies proposal for Jewish charter school
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (760+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California (JTA) " A Jewish group is preparing to sue to overturn a ban on publicly funded religious charter schools in Oklahoma, after a state board unanimously rejected its proposal on Monday. The Oklahoma Statewide Charter…...
ACT TWO | Grandchildren are a blessing, no matter their faith
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (744+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California In 1965, I married a man who called himself a WASA, a white Anglo-Saxon atheist, and I drifted away from the Jewish community." I was raised in a nonobservant home, so marrying outside the faith…...
Survey: 1 in 3 U.S. Jews targeted by antisemitic incident last year
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (611+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California (JTA) " One-third of American Jews reported being the target of an antisemitic incident in 2025, according to a new survey published by the American Jewish Committee. The finding marked no change over the previous year,…...
Jewish leaders concerned about conditions on federal grants
1+ week, 1+ day ago (862+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California (JTA) " The federal government distributes hundreds of millions of dollars each year to houses of worship to protect them from violent attacks, such as the synagogue arson in Jackson, Mississippi, last month or the…...
TORAH | Why did Israelites need judges before there were laws?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (414+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California This Torah portion, named for Moses" father-in-law, reminds us of the great contribution that Yitro (or Jethro) made to the development of Israelite society. His influence continues until today. The system that Yitro and…...
America’s Black-Jewish story gets an update in new PBS series
1+ week, 3+ day ago (523+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California (JTA) " Passover may still be two months away, but PBS is seating a diverse set of Jews down for a seder this week " casting the communal storytelling meal as an ideal entry point for…...
This week’s events: Torah as ‘resistance.’ Hard talks.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (451+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California So much happens in our community every day that it can be hard to sift through all of the events. Each week we will highlight a few events, in every corner of the Jewish…...
This chanteuse brought Yiddish music to life a century ago
2+ week, 1+ day ago (713+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California "A little girl stands on a table. Oil lamps light the room. There is silence in the warm night. Around her, dimly, she sees bearded faces, the round, proud smiles of the women. She…...
From Dreyfus to Shapiro: ‘Dual loyalty’ shadows Jewish public life
3+ week, 1+ day ago (987+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California (JTA) " When Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wrote in his new memoir that Kamala Harris" vice-presidential vetting team asked whether he had ever been a "double agent" for Israel, many Jewish leaders heard something painfully…...
LOCAL VOICE | Long before ‘self-care,’ the mikvah offered respite
3+ week, 2+ day ago (821+ words) The Jewish News of Northern California The day before my wedding, the rabbi called and said he wouldn't marry us unless I went to the mikvah. So at 6 a.m. on my wedding day, I went. The water was ice cold " what…...