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Sue Fishkoff

Sue Fishkoff is the editor emerita of J. She can be reached at [email protected].

Wreckage of a rocket on a playground in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the first day of the invasion, Feb.24, 2022. (Photo/Fotoreserg via Depositphoto)
Posted inNews

One year after Russian invasion of Ukraine, the pain is still fresh for local emigres

by Sue Fishkoff February 23, 2023March 6, 2023
Posted inBooks

Q&A: Raising kids in two worlds and two languages, without a map

by Sue Fishkoff January 12, 2023January 12, 2023
Michael Krasny, best known to locals as the former longtime host of "Forum" on KQED, is now teaching a course for New Lehrhaus. (Photo/File)
Posted inEducation

New Lehrhaus started small and then ‘exploded’ — in a good way

by Sue Fishkoff October 20, 2022October 23, 2022
Maria Litichevska and her son, Mark, fled Ukraine in the days following Russia's attack in February 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Litichevska).
Posted inBay Area

With years of experience, local Jewish agencies assist Ukrainian refugees

by Sue Fishkoff September 30, 2022October 3, 2022
Volunteer translator Zhenya Leonov (right) helps volunteer attorney Nick Keats (center) talk to a woman who recently arrived from Ukraine at a legal services clinic at JFCS San Francisco in 2022.
Posted inBay Area

Former refugees in Bay Area pay it forward by helping new Ukrainian arrivals

by Sue Fishkoff September 30, 2022September 30, 2022
Students at Sacramento Jewish Academy in Granite Bay.
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento-area school fills void for region’s growing Chabad community

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Sue Fishkoff and Rachel Raskin-Zrihen September 20, 2022September 23, 2022
Omer Friedlander is the author of the short story collection "The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land." (Photo/Yam Traiber)
Posted inBooks

Debut short-story collection by young Israeli writer is One Bay One Book choice 

by Sue Fishkoff August 25, 2022November 7, 2022
Limmud Bay Area 2015 at Sonoma State University
Posted inReligion

Limmud Bay Area adds Zoom option and track for Jewish singles

by Sue Fishkoff August 15, 2022August 15, 2022
J. Editor Sue Fishkoff at her office in downtown San Francisco in 2018. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inLetter to Readers

Retiring J. editor Sue Fishkoff: ‘It’s been a wonderful ride’

by Sue Fishkoff July 7, 2022July 7, 2022
Sasson Gabay and Rita Shukrun play a couple who fall under the spell of a charismatic neighbor in "Karaoke."
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Festival opening night: Spare and surprising ‘Karaoke’ shows three Israeli stars at their best

by Sue Fishkoff July 5, 2022July 25, 2022

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