• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

Rudy Malcom

Rudy Malcom is a digital reporting and writing intern at the Forward. He is a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow and can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @rudy_malcom.

A memorial for the victims of the Highland Park mass shooting. (Photo/Forward-Jim Vondruska-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

How the Highland Park shooter destroyed a Russian Jewish family’s American dream and orphaned a 2-year-old

by Rudy Malcom and Forward July 7, 2022

Irina McCarthy was living the American dream. Born in Moscow, she immigrated to the Chicago area at age 2 with her parents, Michael and Nina Levberg, who — like many so many […]

Jacki Lovi Sundheim was killed during a mass shooting at Highland Park's annual Fourth of July parade. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy North Shore Congregation Israel)
Posted inUncategorized

‘There are no words’: Highland Park recalls shooting victim’s work with Jewish kids, couples

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld, Rudy Malcom and Forward July 6, 2022July 6, 2022
The Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender and Sexual Diversity was founded by Rabbi Joshua Lesser in 2001 and was honored as grand marshal of the 2015 Atlanta Pride Parade. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Rose Kantorczyk)
Posted inU.S.

LGBTQ youth face terrifying new legal threats. How should the Jewish community respond?

by Rudy Malcom and Forward June 15, 2022
People pray outside the scene of Saturday’s shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, New York, May 15, 2022. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Matt Rourke)
Posted inU.S.

Q&A: Buffalo’s Jewish community responds to mass shooting

by Rudy Malcom and Forward May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Michael, a patient at a Brooklyn methadone clinic for those addicted to heroin, displays a Hebrew tattoo of the "shema" prayer that he looks to in his fight with addiction. (Photo/Forward-Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021. How should Jewish communities respond?

by Rudy Malcom and Forward May 12, 2022May 12, 2022

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
Years after boycott fight, Ben and Jerry’s Israel debuts flavor celebrating Israeli resilience
Loss of egg-cellence: Why Boichik is discontinuing its beloved egg bagels
Berkeley’s Beth Israel celebrates two decades of rabbi’s leadership
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 lineup: 65 films and an award for Rachel Bloom
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack