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American-Israeli author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi speaks at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, May 21, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inIdeas

Netanyahu must be ousted, Israeli thinker Yossi Klein Halevi says in S.F.

by Sue Fishkoff May 27, 2025May 27, 2025
A sign at Dayenu Judaica gift shop shows that there is a 30% storewide sale in the San Francisco JCC on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inJudaica

After 21 years in S.F.,  Dayenu Judaica’s owner decides to fold

by Patricia Corrigan May 23, 2025June 13, 2025
Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protesters in the Bay Area at times use violent rhetoric. “Intifada” and an upside-down red triangle representing Hamas were spray-painted on a mailbox at UC Berkeley in May 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

D.C. killing of Israeli embassy staffers refocuses attention on Bay Area extremism

Gabe StutmanNiva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Gabe Stutman and Niva Ashkenazi May 22, 2025May 27, 2025
News editor Gabe Stutman (left) and editor-in-chief Chanan Tigay
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

J. editors win two awards for news features

by J. Staff May 22, 2025May 23, 2025
Sasha Velour in "The Big Reveal Live Show!" (Greg Endries)
Posted inOn Stage

Jewish drag superstar ready to sashay into Bay Area for her ‘Big Reveal’

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett May 21, 2025June 6, 2025
Contra Costa Jewish Day School Principal Eden Allswang Bruner will take over as head of school this summer when Dean Goldfein transitions to an emeritus role. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inEducation

After 25 years leading a Jewish day school, he’s stepping down — but not retiring

by Dan Pine May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
Sasha Vasilyuk's debut novel, "Your Presence Is Mandatory," is about a Ukrainian Jewish World War II veteran with a terrible secret. (Bloomsbury)
Posted inBooks

S.F. novelist’s debut set in war-torn Ukraine wins Sami Rohr prize for Jewish literature

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
Pro-Palestinian teachers in Oakland organized themselves early in the ongoing war. Here, a banner reads "Oakland Educators Say Fund Education, Not War on Gaza" at an Oakland Unified School District meeting on Nov. 9, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy anonymous)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland schools decline to discipline staff over 2023 pro-Palestinian teach-in

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 20, 2025November 5, 2025
Screenshot from a video taken by a Brandeis School staff member of a man in a white sedan shouting "f**k Israel" as he drives past a student and her mother on Brotherhood Way in San Francisco. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

Antisemitic invective shouted from car in incidents at S.F. day school, synagogue

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 19, 2025May 21, 2025
Julie Franklin, registrar and rights and reproductions manager at The Magnes, looks through a box containing documents from the Spanish Inquisition in the documents archive room of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in Berkeley, April 22, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inIdeas

Saving the past for the future: How local Jewish orgs are preserving their history

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 19, 2025January 13, 2026

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