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Debbie Togliatti hands preschoolers fresh peas from the garden. (Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inBay Area

Inch by inch, this ‘gardenista’ helped preschoolers grow at the Palo Alto JCC

by Dan Pine June 16, 2026June 18, 2026

Updated on June 18 After 40 bloomin’ years on the job, Debbie Togliatti is hanging up her trowel.  The gardening specialist at the Oshman Family JCC preschool — or, as […]

A person wears wings with the colors of the trans flag colors during the Pride Shabbat ritual and picnic hosted by Congregation Sha’ar Zahav and Kehilla Community Synagogue in 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCalendar

Upcoming events: ‘Our Queer History,’ Trans March Shabbat, Jewish mysticism

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight June 16, 2026June 16, 2026
Shabbat at Urban Adamah
Posted inCalendar

Upcoming events: ‘Herbal Medicine Magic,’ Pride and pizza, grandmothering

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight June 9, 2026June 9, 2026
Marchers at Pride parade
Posted inCalendar

UPDATED: Jewish LGBTQ Pride events around the Bay Area

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight June 4, 2026June 12, 2026
JCCSF marches in Pride Parade 2023
Posted inCalendar

Upcoming events: Pride, comedy, grandmothers and a service project

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight June 2, 2026June 2, 2026
Stanford security
Posted inBay Area

Jewish groups in Silicon Valley invited to apply for grants to cover security needs

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 28, 2026May 28, 2026
Former mayor of Sausalito Janelle Kellman (left) and former mayor of Novato Josh Fryday (right) are both Jewish candidates for lieutenant governor in the upcoming primary election on June 2. (Screenshots via Facebook/ Janelle Kellman, Josh Fryday)
Posted inPolitics

Two Jewish Bay Area ex-mayors are running for California lieutenant governor

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 26, 2026May 26, 2026
Pride parade
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Upcoming events: Pride Shabbat, Berkeley supper club, climate change anxiety

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight May 26, 2026May 26, 2026
Sesame seeds
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Upcoming events: Crypto-Jews, LGBTQ Israeli youth, all foods sesame

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight May 19, 2026May 26, 2026
Participants circle the room during Shavuot at Chochmat HaLev in Berkeley, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Upcoming events: Shavuot joy, open mic and ‘magick recipes’

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

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