U.S.
Pioneering journalist Cokie Roberts, who wrote about her interfaith marriage, dies
Cokie Roberts, a pioneering journalist who with her husband wrote an interfaith Haggadah and published a book about their interfaith marriage, has died.…
Israel
Israel’s president urges Israelis to vote, says he’ll work to avoid 3rd election
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin called on all his nation’s citizens to exercise their right to vote. Concerns have been raised in recent days that many…
Bay Area
Abby Porth to step down as head of JCRC
After 20 years at the S.F.-based Jewish Community Relations Council, the last four as executive director, Abby Porth is moving on. Prior to becoming…
World
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries (and fails) to blow the ‘holy shofar’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempted, and failed, to blow a shofar while on a visit to northern England. During a visit on Friday to meet voters…
Israel
Israel’s election campaign has been a religious war of words
One Israeli campaign ad depicts an Orthodox politician demanding “all the money in Israel.” There’s one of a secular Israeli man knocking the candles and…
U.S.
Suspect charged with burning down Minnesota synagogue
A suspect was arrested in connection with the fire that burned to the ground a historic synagogue in northern Minnesota. The Adas Israel Synagogue in…
Bay Area
Wide-open S.F. district attorney race comes to Jewish community
The S.F.-based Jewish Community Relations Council held an interfaith candidate forum on Tuesday for the hotly contested district attorney seat in San…
Sports
Israel advances in Olympic baseball qualifiers, with Santa Rosa native on team
Israel’s national baseball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Baseball Championship being held in Germany, an early Olympic qualifying…
U.S.
A Guatemalan asylum seeker is being sheltered in a Washington state synagogue
In a few weeks, the congregants at Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, Washington, will gather for Yom Kippur services, where a line in the traditional…