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From the Archives

A 1935 quiz about the Maccabiah in our publication
Posted inFrom the Archives

In our paper’s early decades, sports were a measure of ‘Jewish manhood’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 6, 2022
Pearl Cohen, born Pearl Ruten, was delighted to read about herself in the J. archives. Right: Pearl at 16 on a date at the Tonga Room.
Posted inFrom the Archives

84-year-old surprised to find her name (and bat mitzvah) in J. archives 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 13, 2022June 13, 2022
This photo of the post-earthquake ruins of Temple Emanu-El's original building appeared on the cover of our Sept. 21, 1906 issue.
Posted inFrom the Archives

How this newspaper kept Jews in touch after the 1906 earthquake

by Sue Fishkoff June 6, 2022June 7, 2022
From a 1997 issue of the Jewish Bulletin, this publication's previous name.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Bay Area delis and Jewish markets of yore — gone but not forgotten

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 23, 2022May 24, 2022
This ad appeared in the Jewish Bulletin (this publication's previous name) in 1976.
Posted inFrom the Archives

What rabbis said about abortion in our paper in 1975

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 10, 2022
This ad for the El Al, the Israeli national airline, that appeared in the Jewish Bulletin (this publication's former name) in 1953.
Posted inJewish Life

How we covered Israeli independence 74 years ago, when local support was less than complete

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger's April 1, 1898 column
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In 1898, this newspaper declared the haggadah ‘literary nonsense’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 14, 2022
A 1949 announcement in this paper about Bat (or Bas) mitzvah classes
Posted inFrom the Archives

San Francisco’s first bat mitzvah in 1947 paved the way for others

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 29, 2022
screenshot of the original Golden State Eggs recipe, surrounded by ads for foods like H.B. Salt and Booth's Sardines
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From the archives: These recipes from the early 1900s are just as tasty today

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer March 21, 2022
From the society page in our Sept. 1, 1922 edition
Posted inFrom the Archives

Once upon a time, our ‘Society’ pages chronicled the lives of Jewish women

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 9, 2022

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