simmons | August 24, 2017
For breaking news get our mobile app for free from the Apple app store or the Google Play store. PIEDMONT A rash of hate incidents, some directed at the Jewish community in Alameda and now at Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont have police investigating the incidents in both cities. The stickers said: Marxism is murder; Black lives matter except for the 6,000 blacks killed by other blacks each year and the 1,000 black babies aborted each day
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richards | August 24, 2017
At Congregation Shaar Zahav in San Francisco, Rabbi Mychal Copeland leads Shabbat services with a rainbow tallit around her shoulders. The synagogue newsletter is called The Jewish Gaily Forward. But the shul that has been known since its 1977 founding as San Franciscos gay synagogue is now reaching out to a broader community and de-emphasizing its identity as an LGBT-specific congregation.
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richards | August 24, 2017
August 18, 2017 12:51 PM ALAMEDA (CBS SF) Windows at an Alameda synagogue were shattered by a rock-throwing vandal who was recorded on security cameras, authorities said Friday.
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admin | August 24, 2017
A Westchester rabbi who sought to diversify his synagogue was panned by its racist board members for turning the congregation Spanish and Black, according to a federal discrimination complaint.
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admin | August 24, 2017
Women blowing shofars at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Aug.
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simmons | August 24, 2017
Kevin Myers: dismissed from the Sunday Times last month. Photograph: Eric Luke Former Sunday Times columnist Kevin Myers has withdrawn from moderating a talk on censorship in Limerick after his appearance in the line-up provoked a storm of vitriolic abuse. Mr Myers, who was dismissed from the Sunday Times last month, was due to moderate a talk in Limerick city next month on the subject of censorship, which will be given by Jodie Ginsberg of the Index on Censorship.
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richards | August 24, 2017
The United States is once again grappling with what to do about public symbols of the Confederacy as they become rallying points for white supremacists. The debate intensified this month after a woman was killed and dozens were injured in Charlottesville, Virginia, during a white supremacist demonstration against the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen.Robert E.
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admin | August 24, 2017
If you walk into Monseys Evergreen kosher supermarket, somewhere among the extensive schnitzel varieties and Shabbos candy treats, youll see a single childrens book for sale. Zai Gezunt! is the Yiddish translation of Artscrolls Lets Stay Safe, written by Bracha Goetz and illustrated by Tova Leff, a picture book that talks about childrens safety of all kinds: crossing the road, fire emergencies, bicycle caution
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admin | August 24, 2017
Ashkenaz (Heb. ) refers to a people and a country bordering on Armenia and the upper Euphrates; listed in Genesis 10:3 and I Chronicles 1:6 among the descendants of Gomer. The name Ashkenaz also occurs once in Jeremiah 51:27 in a passage calling upon the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to rise and destroy Babylon.
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richards | August 24, 2017
Apparently, one is never too old to fall in love again, and I fell in love with Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Actually, with the country of Azerbaijan. You can walk the city of Baku for hours and not be bored.
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