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Posted inCalifornia

State bill would create K-12 ‘antisemitism coordinator’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 13, 2025May 13, 2025
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, March 7, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCulture

CJM loses potential grant as Trump slashes arts funding

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 13, 2025May 14, 2025
Collard greens, coleslaw, garlic aioli, lamb, 16-hour brisket, chicken and barbecue sauce sit on a tray at Crazy Block Cheesecakes in Oakland, May 1, 2025. Graffiti-style art of pop culture characters like the Pokémon Pikachu, Squirtle and Bulbasaur adorn the walls. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

An Oakland restaurant’s entire menu: Latkes, BBQ, cheesecake, sides

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 13, 2025June 19, 2025
Chai Preschool Director Esty Marcus sits with children at Chai Preschool in San Mateo on May 9, 2025, the day she was given the EarlyJ Impact Award. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inEducation

Preschool director who ‘values excellence’ wins EarlyJ’s first award

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva May 13, 2025May 14, 2025
This photo appeared on the front page of our Sept. 25, 1987 issue with this caption:
"Daniel Lev plays guitar outside St. Mary’s Cathedral last week at [a] demonstration
that was one of many Jewish community protests and events aimed at the
pope's visit to San Francisco. The demonstration merged protests organized by
the Northern California Holocaust Center and by Tikkun Magazine."
Posted inFrom the Archives

The pope came to S.F. in 1987 — and local Jews weren’t too happy about it

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 12, 2025May 14, 2025
Micah Bloom poses with his game “Jewopoly,” a Jewish take on the game Monopoly, at his home in San Francisco, May 2, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inGames

‘Pass go’ and visit Brisket Place in S.F. teen’s Jewopoly game

by Patricia Corrigan May 12, 2025May 14, 2025
Pajaro Valley Unified School District board member Gabriel Medina (right) talks to Jewish attendees of a school board meeting about ethnic studies, April 16, 2025. (Screenshot via YouTube/Pajaro Valley Unified School District)
Posted inEducation

Central Coast school board rejects Holocaust education proposal

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 9, 2025May 10, 2025
A Day of the Dead altar for Palestinian children killed in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war was on display in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in fall 2024. (Courtesy Shlomit and Yigal Blum)
Posted inBay Area

Group of SJSU faculty lose fight over Day of the Dead altar they called a modern ‘blood libel’

by Emma Goss May 9, 2025May 11, 2025
Janet, age 9, at a summer rental in Fairfield, Connecticut, with her father, Robert M. Silver. (Courtesy)
Posted inAct Two

Shame upon shame: When I was a child, humiliation was routine

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent May 9, 2025May 14, 2025
The author's 101-year-old family siddur. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

My grandpa’s 101-year-old time-traveling siddur

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2025May 9, 2025

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