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Liz Harris

Liz Harris is a J. contributor. She was J.'s culture editor from 2012 to 2018.

Nancy Blachman speaks to students during the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival.
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: How do you get kids to love math? Try a festival.

by Liz Harris August 4, 2022August 3, 2022
A white woman in her 60s wearing glasses smiles while seated near a piano
Posted inJewish Life

Q&A: Brooke Joseph talks getting teens to vote and the making of a U.S. president

by Liz Harris July 27, 2022July 28, 2022
Rabbi Josh Weisman (left) and Rabbi Lisa Kingston will begin new senior rabbi positions at two Bay Area synagogues in July.
Posted inBay Area

From steadying the ship to fighting climate change, new rabbis bring fresh perspectives to two Bay Area synagogues

by Liz Harris June 17, 2022May 11, 2026
Nancy Fox will perform at the JCC of San Francisco on June 30.
Posted inMusic

Cancer survivor, 82, to bring joy in patriotic piano concert

by Liz Harris June 13, 2022June 13, 2022
Magin, comic and mentalist Jay Alexander. (Photo/Steve Marshall)
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: Sleight-of-hand artist Jay Alexander plays ‘Mind Tricks’

by Liz Harris March 30, 2022
Carole Joffe is a professor emerita at UC Davis and current professor at ANSIRH, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at UCSF.
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: This abortion rights advocate is energized, not demoralized

by Liz Harris March 8, 2022
Jeweler Andrew Litwin and one of his creations, which reads "lev," or heart, in Hebrew.
Posted inCulture

A jeweler’s winding path back to Judaism, and the family business

by Liz Harris February 10, 2022February 10, 2022
Assembly candidate and farmer Steve Schwartz with one of his farm friends. (Photo/Liz Harris)
Posted inUncategorized

Meet Steve Schwartz, the Jewish farmer running for Assembly in the North Bay

by Liz Harris February 8, 2022February 15, 2022
Maya Chupkov started a podcast on stuttering to bring social awareness and "justice to those who are constantly misunderstood by society."
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: This podcast host is a ‘Proud Stutterer’

by Liz Harris January 11, 2022
Lynn Winter Gross (left) and Miriam Goodman producing their podcast “Not Born Yesterday.”
Posted inCulture

‘Not Born Yesterday’: Longtime friends team up to produce podcast on aging

by Liz Harris December 23, 2021

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