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Chance Rein performs on stage

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Jewish singer sweetly rocks Brick and Mortar with intimate debut EP

by Aaron Levy-Wolins July 14, 2025July 17, 2025

People dance on the Jewish community’s float during the San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday. And someone with a great sense of humor holds a sign stating: “Nobody knows I'm a homo,” written in Hebrish. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Spirited ‘Proud & Jewish’ marchers spread joy at SF Pride Parade

by Emma Goss and Aaron Levy-Wolins June 30, 2025July 1, 2025

A passerby looks at a window with the words “Die Zio” spray-painted on it at Jewish-owned cafe and civic engagement space Manny’s in San Francisco, June 10, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

UPDATED: A tearful gathering after Manny’s is vandalized during anti-ICE protest

by Niva Ashkenazi and Aaron Levy-Wolins June 10, 2025June 11, 2025

Matthew Finkelstein grieves during a Feb. 23 memorial service held in San Francisco for the Bibas family members and Oded Lifshitz. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Across Bay Area, hundreds share heartbreak over Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz

by Niva Ashkenazi and Aaron Levy-Wolins February 24, 2025February 27, 2025

An older woman holds up a crocheted teddy bear

North Bay crafters’ teddy bears comfort traumatized Israeli kids

by Aaron Levy-Wolins December 24, 2024December 24, 2024

five men in WWII-era US Army combat uniforms work together to erect a flagpole atop a pile of rubble

San Francisco getting a block named for famed Iwo Jima photographer Joe Rosenthal

by Aaron Levy-Wolins November 26, 2024December 12, 2024

Demonstrators call for a cease-fire in Gaza, protesting the USNS Harvey Milk as it arrives in San Francisco before its maiden voyage to the Middle East, March 29, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)

Protesters call for Gaza cease-fire at USNS Harvey Milk celebration in S.F.

by Aaron Levy-Wolins March 29, 2024March 30, 2024

Women confront one another at a meeting

‘We’re wiped out’: Hostility has overwhelmed Berkeley council meetings since Oct. 7

by Aaron Levy-Wolins and Maya Mirsky March 27, 2024March 29, 2024

Matisyahu beatboxes at The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall in Berkeley on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)

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Matisyahu vibes in Berkeley despite pro-Palestinian protest outside theater

by Aaron Levy-Wolins February 23, 2024February 26, 2024

Rabbi Moshe Langer (left) gives an unhoused woman a bag while Joe Gordon (center-right) talks to an unhoused man after giving him a t-shirt during Chabad of SF’s Super Soul Party, a Super Bowl watch party for people who are unhoused, in San Francisco, Feb. 11, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)

Chabad’s annual Super Bowl party is a win for unhoused San Franciscans

by Aaron Levy-Wolins February 12, 2024February 12, 2024