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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

Palo Alto

Thelonious Monk and Charlie Rouse (Larry Fink)
July 31, 2020, 4:13 am
The teen promoter, the janitor, and a stunning rediscovered Thelonious Monk gig
In tumultuous 1968, wannabe jazz promoter Danny Scher, 16, brought together whites and Blacks from Palo Alto communities to fill his high school auditorium for a legendary musician
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The empty entrance to the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, which closed its facility in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy of OFJCC/ via JTA)
June 26, 2020, 4:30 pm
More Bay Area Jewish Community Centers slash budgets and lay off staff members
With fitness memberships and educational programs on hold due to the coronavirus crisis, revenues at the upscale JCCs have been nearly entirely wiped out, requiring painful cuts
By Gabe Stutman
Children in the pre-K class play the Israeli card game 'Melech HaFelafel' on September 4, 2019. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
October 23, 2019, 3:40 am
Not your Savta’s Hebrew school: Israelis in US create their own language program
Sabra parents in numerous American cities have started after-school courses focusing on Hebrew language and cultural connection, offering an alternative to synagogues
By Melanie Lidman
Esther Wojcicki (Jo Sittenfeld)
July 15, 2019, 2:23 am
Jewish ‘Godmother of Silicon Valley’ offers advice for raising successful people
In her new bestseller, journalism teacher Esther Wojcicki, mother of three superstar daughters — including two of the top CEOs in tech — says independence must be taught early on
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg speaks during his keynote conference during the first day of the Mobile World Congress 2015 at the Fira Gran Via complex, in Barcelona, Spain, March 2, 2015. (David Ramos/Getty Images via JTA)
September 20, 2016, 10:11 am
Mark Zuckerberg home privacy plan rejected in Palo Alto
Facebook founder denied building permit for ‘compound’ because it would ruin residential feel of neighborhood
By JTA
Dennis Ross, center, on a panel with Raphael Ahren, right, and Avi Issacharoff at the Zionism 3.0 conference in Palo Alto on September 18, 2016. (Sarah Tuttle-Singer/Times of Israel)
September 19, 2016, 11:24 am
Trump win could lead Obama to back 2-state move at UN, ex-diplomat predicts
Outgoing president would want to create standards his successor cannot undo, Dennis Ross says at Palo Alto confab on future of Zionism sponsored by The Times of Israel
By Raphael Ahren
Impromptu Jewish wedding of Americans Lana Atlasov and David Mednick (center) in Venice's Piazza San Marco on June 26, 2016. Todd Shotz (left) officiated. (Courtesy)
July 12, 2016, 12:13 pm
American couple has impromptu Venice Jewish wedding
Chance meeting at historical Italian synagogue leads to hurried huppah
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Former US House Speaker John Boehner in Jerusalem on April 1, 2015 (AFP/Debbie Hill/Pool)
April 29, 2016, 2:35 am
Former US House speaker: Cruz is ‘Lucifer in the flesh’
John Boehner says he ‘never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch’; Cruz: He’s showing his ‘inner Trump’
By AFP
An illustrative photo of a spray-painted swastika on a window (ADL/JTA)
April 27, 2015, 8:05 pm
Stanford frat house vandalized with swastikas
University president ‘deeply troubled’ by graffiti, vows to investigate
By JTA
Israeli start-up entrepreneurs at work at UpWest Lab's Silicon Valley facility (Courtesy)
June 11, 2014, 3:45 am
Anti-Semitic incidents disrupt Silicon Valley’s Jewish community
Local organizations and clergy concerned about bias in schools in ethnically diverse and affluent part of Bay Area
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto, California on May 19, 2012 (AP/Facebook, Allyson Magda Photography)
May 16, 2014, 1:57 pm
Zuckerberg buys up Palo Alto hood
In bid for privacy, Facebook CEO rents homes back to former owners to stave off developers
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Gidi Grinstein, founder and president of the Reut Institute (photo credit: Courtesy of the Reut Institute)
December 30, 2013, 12:18 pm
Rethinking the ‘secret sauce’ behind Jewish survival
Gidi Grinstein’s new book ‘Flexigidity’ claims attitudes in today’s Israel are too strict, while in North America too lax. But it’s not too late for change
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Ireland's Jewish community is confronting troubling demographic trends, but its demise has been predicted before. (Vimeo screenshot)
March 17, 2013, 1:18 am
Irish Jews face uncertain future (as usual)
A community that produced a beloved Israeli president confronts dwindling numbers, but also a rich and largely peaceful history
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The failed Stanford divestment proposal targeted companies including Motorola and Caterpillar. (Photo credit: CC BY/the_beat via Flickr.com)
March 7, 2013, 4:58 pm
Stanford students reject Israel divestment measure
Nobel Prize winners weigh in on both sides of debate over student group proposal
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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