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Norman Fischer (back, left) and Rabbi Alan Lew (back, center) meditate at an early Makor Or event. (Courtesy)
Posted inReligion

What’s the sound of Jews sitting in silence? 25 years of meditation at Makor Or in S.F.

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 2, 2025December 2, 2025
In the 1940s, we often wrote of "the Palestine Problem."
Posted inFrom the Archives

A second look back at 130 years of our publication

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 2, 2025December 2, 2025
Holocaust survivor Boris Kapilevich (left) shows JFS Silicon Valley board member Harold Hendrickson family photos in his Mountain View home. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

Silicon Valley nonprofit’s documentary will preserve Holocaust survivor stories

by Sue Fishkoff December 1, 2025December 10, 2025
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and artists
Posted inBay Area

In Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s story, local Jews of color find hope

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 1, 2025December 1, 2025
Isaac Zones and Shamati are featured on J.'s Spotify list for Hanukkah. (Courtesy)
Posted inHanukkah

25 songs from local musicians to light up your Hanukkah nights

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 1, 2025December 10, 2025
Yoav Potash films Aaron Tartakovsky outside Gniewoszów City Hall in June 2017 for the film "Among Neighbors." (Sue Barnett/J. Staff)
Posted inFilm

Polish leaders attack Berkeley filmmaker’s Holocaust doc, open inquiry

by Sue Fishkoff November 26, 2025December 9, 2025
Rita Semel
Posted inThe J. Interview

At 104, Rita Semel is proud of a life spent ‘making the world a better place’

by Emma Goss November 26, 2025November 26, 2025
At left is Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in "Wicked." At right is the Jewish poet Süßkind von Trimberg, depicted wearing a Jewish hat in the 14th-century Codex Manesse.
Posted inTorah

What ‘Wicked’ and the Talmud say about Jewish headwear

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein November 26, 2025November 26, 2025
Enikia Ford Morthel in Congress
Posted inBay Area

House committee to probe Berkeley schools over antisemitism allegations

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 25, 2025November 25, 2025
Young man holding a golf club
Posted inSports

18-year-old Jewish golf phenom tees up Division I career at Santa Clara U.

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher November 24, 2025November 25, 2025

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