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Liz Harris

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

Jean Milgram and Martin Jacobs taking a walk in San Francisco.
Posted inSeniors

Roommates and best friends: She’s 101, he’s 78

by Liz Harris December 21, 2021December 22, 2021
Arthur Shapiro at one of his butterfly monitoring sites in Central California.
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: He knows why climate change is affecting butterfly orgies

by Liz Harris November 18, 2021November 19, 2021
These colorful Hanukkah candles are among this year's offerings at the Women of Isaiah Gift Shop in Lafayette.
Posted inHanukkah

Don’t get burned! How and where to get Hanukkah candles in the Bay Area

by Liz Harris November 17, 2021November 22, 2021
Lauren West, founder and “chief expert organizer” of Next Highest Good.
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: She can help you waste not, want not, clutter not

by Liz Harris November 2, 2021November 3, 2021
Abraham Falk-Rood in his classroom at Rudsdale Newcomer High School in Oakland.
Posted inEducation

Q&A: He teaches immigrant teens who live on their own

by Liz Harris October 26, 2021October 26, 2021
Anne Germanacos
Posted inBay Area, News, Philanthropy

Unconventional philanthropist Anne Germanacos funds human rights, social justice, the arts and more

by Liz Harris October 7, 2021October 8, 2021
Sen. Scott Wiener presents to Sharon Silverman, then president of Hebrew Free Loan, a State Senate resolution commending the organization for 120 years of service the organization's 2017 gala. (Photo/Kamran Zohoori)
Posted inBay Area, Jewish Life, News, Philanthropy, Seniors

At 81, Sharon Silverman reflects on a life of trailblazing volunteerism and leadership

by Liz Harris September 30, 2021October 1, 2021
Herbert Gold points to a painting he got in Haiti. (Photo/George Barahona)
Posted inCulture

‘Not Dead Yet’: Nonagenarian S.F. icon Herbert Gold talks writing, Israel, mortality

by Liz Harris September 23, 2021September 29, 2021
EPACENTER, a new youth creative development center in East Palo Alto funded by the John & Marcia Goldman Foundation. (Photo/Chris Bagley)
Posted inCulture

Goldmans fund gleaming new arts center for East Palo Alto youth

by Liz Harris September 2, 2021
Author Sandy Shefrin Rabin (top row, third from right) in a 1965 class photo from  I. L. Peretz, the same school that the protagonist of her debut novel attends.
Posted inBooks

Marin doctor’s debut novel is about a Jewish girl in Manitoba (just like she was)

by Liz Harris August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

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