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Sue Fishkoff

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

a man with a mustache and beard grins menacingly as he holds up a skull inscribed all over with letters and numbers
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: Founder of Center for Monster Studies isn’t scared when the lights go down

by Sue Fishkoff October 30, 2024October 31, 2024
Iva Kesselman's bat mitzvah on March 14, 1998. Iva is at center, between her older sister Talya and younger sister Maya. (Courtesy Michael Kesselman)
Posted inPhilanthropy

In ’90s, Brandeis kids turned b’nai mitzvah cash into grants and never looked back

by Sue Fishkoff October 11, 2024October 12, 2024
"The Tunnel," one of the pieces included in Simcha Toledano Moyal's "The Scream"
Posted inBooks

‘The Scream’ amplifies Israeli voices sharing their pain through poetry, art, prose

by Sue Fishkoff October 4, 2024November 21, 2024
Members of the Reform community Shirat Ha-Yam celebrate Passover in Odesa, Ukraine. (Courtesy Elena Izmailova)
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish communities in Ukraine get a lifeline from Peninsula synagogue

by Sue Fishkoff September 25, 2024September 26, 2024
Gavriel, a boy from the Jewish community of Timika, Indonesia, holds the Torah during his bar mitzvah, July 2024. (Rabbi David Kunin)
Posted inReligion

South Bay rabbi delivers fourth Torah scroll to Indonesia’s Jewish communities

by Sue Fishkoff August 15, 2024August 15, 2024
A sign on front of an office building that reads "Carmel Unified School District"
Posted inEducation

Federal report: Carmel schools violated Jewish students’ civil rights

by Sue Fishkoff August 6, 2024August 7, 2024
Thurmond, a bald Black man, sits smiling
Posted inEducation

California schools superintendent Tony Thurmond on his deep Jewish attachments — and the coming school year

by Sue Fishkoff August 2, 2024August 2, 2024
Weissman sits on her couch smiling
Posted inBay Area

Temple Beth Torah’s new senior rabbi ready to ‘spread her wings’

by Sue Fishkoff July 29, 2024July 29, 2024
David and Rachel Biale at a pro-democracy demonstration in front of Israel's San Francisco consulate in July 2023. (Courtesy)
Posted inObituaries

David Biale, celebrated Jewish historian and cherished friend, dies at 75

by Sue Fishkoff July 29, 2024July 30, 2024
Ukrainian campers in the soccer program at Camp Ramah in Northern California, July 2024. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish teens from Ukraine escape war at Camp Ramah near Santa Cruz

by Sue Fishkoff July 26, 2024July 29, 2024

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