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Lea Loeb is J.’s reporter focusing on San Francisco, Marin and the North Bay.

Passover offerings from Market Hall Foods.
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Where to get Passover food around the Bay Area

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 28, 2025March 16, 2026
About 670 people came to Camp Tawonga’s 100th anniversary celebration event March 8 in San Francisco. The event featured multi-generational Tawonga families, a short program, freilach music and dancing.
Posted inOur Crowd

Happenings, honors, opportunities,comings and goings — March 2025

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 21, 2025March 21, 2025
a bald middle-aged man in a suit holds up a poster/brochure titled "Your Voice Shapes Our Future" as he speaks to an indoor audience
Posted inBay Area

60 Northern California Jews are running to have a say in how billions are spent by World Zionist Congress

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Maya Mirsky and Lea Loeb March 12, 2025March 13, 2025
Hamantaschen at Saul’s Deli in Berkeley. ( (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFood

UPDATED: Hamantaschen and beyond: Where to find Purim pastries around the Bay Area

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 4, 2025February 13, 2026
Elsa Cedeño sings as Amy Winehouse for tribute band Valerie at Broadway Studios in San Francisco in December 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inMusic

Amy Winehouse’s vocal legacy reignited through local tribute band

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 26, 2025February 20, 2026
Rabbi May and Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis in front of the MMoT at the State Capitol Building Jan. 27, 2025. (Courtesy)
Posted inOur Crowd

Happenings, honors, philanthropy, comings and goings — February 2025

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 21, 2025February 21, 2025
Stock photo shows a closeup of a pregnant woman's belly under a beige dress. her arm and the arm of a man standing next to her cradle her belly.
Posted inBay Area

Hasidah, Bay Area Jewish nonprofit whose IVF grants led to 60 babies, is winding down

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Niva Ashkenazi and Lea Loeb February 20, 2025February 27, 2025
empty billboard
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Zionist billboard ripped down in Humboldt County after four days

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 10, 2025February 11, 2025
Adam Swig (middle) being honored with Adam Swig Day by then-President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Aaron Peskin (right) and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman (left). (Courtesy)
Posted inOur Crowd

Happenings, honors, philanthropy, comings and goings — January 2025

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 24, 2025March 10, 2025
Mira and Norman Shelub in 1945.
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Partisan fighter, Yiddish scholar, and eternal optimist Mira Shelub dies at 102

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 22, 2025January 20, 2026

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