Two women hold signs that say "Jews resist Islamophobia" and "Jews against hate"
Jewish protesters at the first Oakland Women's March, January 2017 (Photo/Robert Berger)

PHOTOS: Bay Area Jews at the Women’s Marches

By J. Staff | January 25, 2017

Synagogues and other Jewish community groups sent delegations to marches throughout the Bay Area last weekend, part of nationwide protests a day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as president.

There were six Bay Area Women’s March events on Jan. 21 that served as “sister marches” to the main event in Washington, D.C. — in San Francisco, Oakland, Walnut Creek, San Jose, Napa and Santa Rosa.

Some of the Jews who marched carried signs with quotations from the Torah, and held Shabbat services outside before they marched.

A group holding a B'nai Tikvah banner
A group from Congregation B’nai Tikvah participated in the Walnut Creek march (Photo/Alison Negrin)
Two men holding a JCC East Bay banner
JCC of the East Bay contingent at the Oakland march (Photo/Amy Tobin)
a woman holding a sign that says "Oy Vey!!!"
(Photo/Lainey Feingold)
Two women blowing shofars
Oakland city council member Rebecca Kaplan (left) blowing a shofar at the Oakland march (Photo/Julie Batz)
a woman holding a "tzedek, tzedek tirdof" sign
“Tzedek, tzedek tirdof,” her sign says. This biblical phrase means “Justice, justice you shall pursue.” (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
a group of people hold up a Bend the Arc banner and signs like "Jewish have seen this before"
A group of marchers affiliated with Jewish social justice org Bend the Arc (Courtesy/Rabbi Mike Rothbaum)
Three women holding signs like "girls can be and do anything
Three generations of women from one family: Gayle Hurt (right) Rachel Tertes (left) and Lily Tertes (front) (Photo/Gregory Tertes)
Smiling adults and kids, some in pink hats
Puppeteer Daniel Barash & Urban Adamah Assistant Director Mark Jacobs with their kids, Aviva and Lev, and Elizheva Hurvich with her son, Max. (Photo/Elizheva Hurvich)
A family holding signs like "A woman's place is in the resistance"
Jewish family Simon, Simone, Annabelle and Rowan Miller get ready for the Oakland march. (Photo/Jane Miller)
A person in a grey If Not Now-branded hoodie that says "welcome to the Jewish resistance"
(Photo/Robert Berger)
A big crowd marches by, with a Temple Sinai banner hoisted up somewhere in the middle
The Oakland march’s Temple Sinai contingent (Photo/Robert Berger)
Two people sit on the curb, one with a sign that says "Jews in solidarity with Muslims"
(Photo/Elizheva Hurvich)
A group of Jews stand in a wide circle, many wearing the pink hats
Before the Women’s March in San Jose, Rabbi Laurie Hahn Tapper and Cantor Deborah Levy led a Shabbat service (Photo/Eva Lippman)
A group of adults and kids with signs like "tzedek, tzedek tirdof"
Jewish marchers in San Jose (Photo/Eva Lippman)
J. Staff