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Jessica Peixotto in 1923
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First female professor at UC Berkeley was an academic powerhouse

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 3, 2025October 3, 2025
Vintage matchbooks from our former advertiser, Tao Tao Restaurant.
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Remembering the San Francisco restaurants Jews used to love

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 12, 2025September 12, 2025
2000 VP debate
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A quarter century ago, we mused about a Jewish vice president

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss August 26, 2025August 26, 2025
Black and white photo from 1900 of Argentinian Jewish family
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The ‘disappeared’ in Argentina included thousands of Jews 

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 15, 2025August 15, 2025
Ad from 1924
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Jews said ‘yes’ to evolution as Scopes Monkey Trial was making history

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
Archival photo of boys at summer camp
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100 years of tan lines, bug bites and Jewish camp memories

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 16, 2025July 16, 2025
1943 ad for Soviet event in San Francisco
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When the USSR sent Jewish comrades to rally San Franciscans

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Temple Israel has occupied a variety of buildings over the years, including this one on Hunter Street, seen here in 1905. (Courtesy Western States Jewish History Association)
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Gold drew Jews to Stockton. Community kept them there.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 6, 2025June 6, 2025
Telegrams were a big part of Jewish holiday observance in 1933. (J. Archives)
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Not so long ago, Jews absolutely loved to send telegrams

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 28, 2025May 28, 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)
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Saving the past for the future: How local Jewish orgs are preserving their history

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

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