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Eliyahu Kamisher

Eliyahu Kamisher is a freelancer and J. contributor who has written for SFGATE, Los Angeles Magazine and The Appeal. He previously covered police and criminal justice for The Jerusalem Post.

Scribe Kevin Hale restores Torahs with the Memorial Scrolls Trust. (Photo/Commandment 613)
Posted inNews

This 271-year-old Torah survived the Holocaust. Now it’s headed for a new home in Petaluma.

by Eliyahu Kamisher November 29, 2021

The community at B’nai Israel Jewish Center in Petaluma has been waiting nearly a year to formally welcome a Czech Torah scroll that’s been on a 271-year journey to the […]

Google headquarters in Mountain View. (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inNews

Jewish Googlers play key role in push to cancel $1.2 billion Israeli contract

by Eliyahu Kamisher October 22, 2021
A swastika was found painted on Temple Sinai’s carved wooden door in Oakland, Oct. 18, 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Temple Sinai)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area Jews ask: Should our buildings be visibly Jewish?

by Eliyahu Kamisher October 13, 2021October 14, 2021
Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin of Temple Sinai presents Carl Chan, president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, with money to help pay for security cameras in the neighborhood.
Posted inBay Area

Synagogue with Chinese American rabbi helps beef up security in Oakland’s Chinatown

by Eliyahu Kamisher October 11, 2021October 12, 2021
Joe Eskenazi is managing editor of Mission Local. (Photo/Eliyahu Kamisher)
Posted inBay Area, News

Before taking on the Mission District, Joe Eskenazi raked muck in Jewish S.F.

by Eliyahu Kamisher October 5, 2021October 5, 2021
Temple Sinai in Oakland. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons-Jayjg)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area Jewish orgs awarded $1 million in federal security grants

by Eliyahu Kamisher October 1, 2021October 5, 2021
Greg Kirkpatrick and his father John handle just-picked citrons at Lindcove Ranch.
Posted inNews

Heat wave, early holiday season deprive Bay Area Jews of local kosher etrogs

by Eliyahu Kamisher September 24, 2021September 27, 2021
Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system (left) intercepts rockets fired by Hamas toward southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Anas Baba-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Bay Area reps unanimously support $1 billion in Iron Dome funding

by Eliyahu Kamisher September 23, 2021
A JewBelong sign in downtown San Francisco at Front Street and Market Street, July 2021. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inNews

Group floods S.F. with digital billboards to #EndJewHate

by Eliyahu Kamisher July 20, 2021July 21, 2021

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