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Dozens of protesters arrive at San Francisco International Airports after border officials deny entry to two Palestinian activists who arrived with valid visas for a speaking tour. (Courtesy of Chase Carter/Center for Jewish Nonviolence via JTA)
Posted inBay Area

Palestinian guests of Kehilla synagogue detained at SFO and deported

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 12, 2025June 13, 2025
Gracie Lawrence performing at the BottleRock music festival in Napa on May 24, 2025. (Courtesy BottleRock/K. Gladstein)
Posted inMusic

I didn’t get the interview — but here’s the story anyway

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett June 12, 2025June 12, 2025
Rabbi Shua Brick in the sanctuary at Oakland's Beth Jacob Congregation, where he has worked since 2020. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPride

In Oakland, a gay Orthodox rabbi is paving the way for Jews like him

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 11, 2025June 11, 2025
Protesters gathered outside a Santa Cruz theater on April 1 to demonstrate against a documentary detailing antisemitism. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)
Posted inLetters

D.C. was a wakeup call. 56 rabbis are wrong on antisemitism. Etc.

by J. Readers June 11, 2025June 13, 2025
A passerby looks at a window with the words “Die Zio” spray-painted on it at Jewish-owned cafe and civic engagement space Manny’s in San Francisco, June 10, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

UPDATED: A tearful gathering after Manny’s is vandalized during anti-ICE protest

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Aaron Levy-Wolins by Niva Ashkenazi and Aaron Levy-Wolins June 10, 2025June 11, 2025
The main Jewish contingent's float during the 2024 San Francisco Pride Parade. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

Can my queer Jewish family count on you when Pride Month is over?

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight June 10, 2025June 10, 2025
Susan Rojo Firsty holds a yellow ribbon cardboard cutout and a poster of the hostages during a Run for Their Lives event in Los Gatos on June 8. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Weekly rally in Los Gatos for hostages refocuses following Boulder attack

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 9, 2025June 10, 2025
Israeli and U.S. flags fly in the breeze during a vigil on a freeway overpass in Lafayette on June 8 to draw attention to the plight of the hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza. (Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inBay Area

In Lafayette, a new layer of security at overpass vigil for hostages

by Sue Fishkoff June 9, 2025June 10, 2025
Signs at a short-lived UCSF pro-Palestinian encampment that was dismantled in May of 2024. (Instagram @ucsf4palestine)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli medical student targeted by UCSF professor may not exist

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 6, 2025June 10, 2025
One Market's 2024 Latke Festival featured nine unconventional "loaded" latkes. And we got try some of them — for years, this publication's staff Hanukkah party was held at One Market. (Courtesy)
Posted inSmall Bites

A farewell story of One Market’s menschiness

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 6, 2025June 19, 2025

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