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Posted inNews

Jewish orgs condemn Richmond mayor’s ‘conspiracy’ posts on Bondi massacre

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 18, 2025December 18, 2025
A Jewish family decorates their windows
Posted inHanukkah

When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride. I see pluralism in action.

Rabbi Joshua Ladon by Rabbi Joshua Ladon December 18, 2025December 18, 2025
Noa Argamani, a former hostage in Gaza, tells her story at the OFJCC in Palo Alto on Dec. 16. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

‘If we give up, we just lose,’ former hostage Noa Argamani says in Bay Area

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 17, 2025December 18, 2025
Melissa Saxe Blaustein and David Saxe asked their wedding guests to donate to four Bay Area art institutions instead of giving traditional gifts. (Courtesy Radostina Boseva)
Posted inFirst Person

How we turned our wedding into a celebration of tzedakah

Melissa Blaustein (Courtesy)David Saxe (Courtesy) by Melissa Saxe Blaustein and David Saxe December 17, 2025December 17, 2025
SF Hillel's building sustained damage in a suspected arson on Dec. 5. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

UPDATE: Suspect named in alleged arson at SF Hillel that caused ‘significant damage’

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 16, 2025December 17, 2025
Hanukkah cards came in from across the country to JBI Library. (Courtesy)
Posted inHanukkah

Kids at two local synagogues create Braille Hanukkah cards 

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight December 16, 2025December 17, 2025
The cover of our Nov. 28 print issue was the cause of consternation for at least one reader.
Posted inLetters

Our ‘unholey’ cover art. ‘I’m not white — I’m other.’ Etc.

by J. Readers December 16, 2025December 16, 2025
Director Rob Reiner in a discussion following a screening of the film "LBJ" at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 (Jay Godwin)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Rob Reiner told J. he saw political activism through a Jewish lens

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 16, 2025December 17, 2025
Rabbi Eli Schlanger (center) was a Chabad emissary who was killed in Sunday's attack on Bondi Beach. (Courtesy Chabad)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area Jews recount horrors witnessed by loved ones at Bondi Beach massacre

by Emma Goss December 15, 2025February 16, 2026
Chabad of SF Rabbi Yosef Langer carries a torch with its flame flickering as San Francisco celebrates the first night of Hanukkah at Union Square on Dec. 14. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Security ramps up at Bay Area Hanukkah events in wake of Sydney massacre

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 15, 2025December 29, 2025

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