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From the Archives

The front page of our May 9, 1986 paper detailed the attempts of Bay Area Ukrainian Jews to contact family after the Chernobyl disaster.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Timeline of Ukrainian Jews in our pages over the years

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 7, 2022April 14, 2022
A group gathers around the Torah at Congregation Beth Sholom, led by Rabbi Alan Lew (third from right, facing Torah) in 1994. (Photo/Phil Head)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Forward-looking Beth Sholom looks back at 100 years of progress

by Dan Pine February 18, 2022
Sue Barnett in Rosh Hanikra, northern Israel, on her confirmation trip in 1975.
Posted inFirst Person

A search for myself in our newly digitized archives kicks up the Jewish dust

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett February 17, 2022April 19, 2026
John Rothmann was president of the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews when he led this protest outside the Soviet Consulate in San Francisco in 1986.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Archives Week: In immigration coverage, ‘let my people go’ was once ‘don’t let them in’ 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 17, 2022
Yeast, hair removal, wine, bathing suits and more were advertised in this 1905 issue of the Emanu-El, the original name of this paper.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Archives Week: Lace curtains, freckle salve and dancing pumps in early ads

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 16, 2022
Bob Stein holds up the banner for recently formed Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in June 1979 during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. (Photo/Joe Altman-California Historical Society)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Archives Week: How we covered — or didn’t cover — LGBTQ Jews over the years

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 15, 2022February 16, 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

Archives Week: How we’ve covered the biggest Bay Area Jewish stories through the years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 14, 2022February 16, 2022
After years languishing on these shelves in our office, the full 127-year archives of J., the Jewish Bulletin and the Emanu-El are now available online. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
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Digitizing J.’s archives was a mission to save Jewish history 

by Sue Fishkoff February 14, 2022February 14, 2022
Below the fold on the front page of our May 20, 1994 issue
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That time Stephen Breyer was kicked out of the Soviet Union, and five other tidbits from our archives

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 28, 2022June 21, 2022
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When the INS threatened a 2-year-old Jewish girl with deportation

by J. Staff August 11, 2017April 22, 2025

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