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Jewish teens help successful effort to abolish Oakland’s school police force

Students from a Bay Area synagogue met with the board’s president, a member of their shul, and urged her to pass the George Floyd Resolution.

Mayim Bialik teams with DC Comics to create book that will turn kids on to science

“Flash Facts,” a collection of stories featuring DC characters such as the Flash, Batman and Superman, will answer science questions.

More Bay Area Jewish Community Centers slash budgets and lay off staff members

Leaders at the Palo Alto JCC and the Peninsula JCC, two of the largest in the Bay Area, have been forced to make difficult decisions in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

Jewish porn star Ron Jeremy charged with rape and sexual assault of 4 women

Massachusetts man indicted in attempt to firebomb a Jewish-sponsored assisted living facility

Georgia legislature passes hate crimes bill

Jenny Slate decides to leave Netflix’s ‘Big Mouth’ because her character is half Black

Seth Rogen makes fun of Mel Gibson for actually acknowledging the Holocaust happened

Meet Omer Yankelevich, the Orthodox woman tasked with mending the frayed ties between Israel and the Diaspora

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