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Boichik Bagels Founder and CEO Emily Winston poses for a photo at the Boichik factory in Berkeley, Nov. 7, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inThe J. Interview

How Emily Winston turned Boichik into a ‘benevolent bagel empire’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 13, 2025November 13, 2025
Immigrants on a ferry boat near Ellis Island. (Department of the Treasury, Public Health Service)
Posted inIdeas

New state law says Israelis aren’t white. Let the debates begin.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 12, 2025November 12, 2025
(From left) J. Culture editor Maya Mirsky moderates a panel with NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief CEO Alice Miller, Shittah Institute for Local Policy CEO Maria Jiries and Gaza Children Village CEO Dr. David Hasan at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Z3 panel: Don’t be afraid, keep an open heart, and build something new

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 12, 2025November 12, 2025
Messages like this one — “a good soldier/zionist/settler is a DEAD ONE,” painted on a sidewalk at UC Davis in 2024 — are detrimental to Jews’ mental health, says UC Davis professor Leah Hibel. (Mily Ron)
Posted inLocal Voice

We need a national public health response to antisemitism

Leah Hibel (Courtesy) by Leah Hibel November 12, 2025November 12, 2025
teacher with head covered speaking in microphone at school meeting
Posted inBay Area

Santa Clara board agrees teacher violated policy by showing anti-Israel Holocaust video

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 11, 2025November 17, 2025
American novelist Philip Roth in 1967. (Bernard Gotfryd via Wikimedia/Library of Congress)
Posted inBooks

New biography: Philip Roth cared about more than sex

by Sue Fishkoff November 11, 2025November 11, 2025
Z3 Project Institute Director David Hazony (left) chats with Z3 Insitute Associate Fellow Benjamin Kerstein (center) and author Sarah Hurwitz before a packed room at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Z3 panel: Define your own Zionism — or someone else will

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 11, 2025November 11, 2025
Author Sarah Hurwitz gives the keynote address during the opening plenary at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

A lighter mood at Z3, as the focus turns to renewal and rebuilding

by Sue Fishkoff November 10, 2025November 10, 2025
Netzach Educational Network President Rabbi Menachem Bombach (left) talks to philanthropist Moses Libitzky (right) at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli panelists at Z3: To fix a fractured society, just show up

by Sue Fishkoff November 10, 2025November 10, 2025
Woman and man seated.
Posted inBay Area

It’s about life vs. death, not Jew vs. Arab, says Bedouin surgeon in S.F. talk

by Sue Fishkoff November 7, 2025November 7, 2025

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