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G.K. and J.B., age 5, working on collage art on the first day of JCC Sonoma County's new preschool. (Courtesy)

‘Meeting this moment’: How local JCCs are reinventing themselves for changing times

by Leslie Katz July 25, 2024July 26, 2024

Benyamin Cohen looks at bust of Einstein

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‘I live and breathe Einstein’: Author to speak in Palo Alto about ‘world’s favorite genius’

by Leslie Katz March 22, 2024May 2, 2024

Israeli-born shlichim at Camp Ramah Northern California last summer. (Photo/Courtesy)

How the Israel-Hamas war could impact local Jewish overnight camps this summer

by Leslie Katz March 11, 2024March 8, 2024

Sarit Khen's fused-glass sculpture "The Flowers Will Bloom Again" reflects both pain and hope following the Oct. 7 tragedy. (Photo/Courtesy UnXeptable)

‘Yearning for Home’: Local artwork fills online auction to aid devastated kibbutz

by Leslie Katz January 16, 2024September 30, 2024

Playwright Andrea Gordon (Photo/Courtesy)

‘Miriam and Esther Go to the Diamond District’: Family secrets drive play premiering this month in S.F.

by Leslie Katz January 4, 2024January 10, 2024

Noah Dorfman of San Rafael picks produce on an Israeli farm that’s short on workers due to the war. (Photo/Courtesy Noah Dorfman)

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‘They needed us’: Bay Area volunteers drop everything to help in Israel

by Leslie Katz December 21, 2023December 21, 2023

Jenessa Schwartz at home in 2015. (Photo/Joyce Goldschmid)

Jenessa Schwartz, Yavneh teacher and ‘cancer thriver,’ dies at 41

by Leslie Katz November 3, 2023November 3, 2023

Lt. Yannai Kaminka would have turned 21 on Oct. 30.

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Sacramento woman’s grandson died saving other IDF soldiers from Hamas

by Leslie Katz October 27, 2023October 31, 2023

Demonstrators hold one another during a rally demanding Hamas release hostages at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Oct. 13, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)

‘Bring them home’: At S.F. rally, crowd demands return of Israeli hostages held by Hamas

by Leslie Katz October 13, 2023October 13, 2023

Comedian Alex Edelman finds humor in hate in his solo show "Just for Us," which closed on Broadway in August and comes to San Francisco this month. (Photo/Matthew Murphy)

‘Just for Us’: Comedian Alex Edelman’s Broadway show about his run-in with neo-Nazis comes to S.F.

by Leslie Katz October 5, 2023October 6, 2023