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From the Archives

Esther Selleck in the Emanu-El 
Residence Club in 1954. (Courtesy)
Posted inFrom the Archives

For decades, young Jewish women learned to live independently at Emanu-El Residence Club in S.F.

by Denise Selleck July 17, 2024July 24, 2024
This photo of cemetery workers picketing at Hills of Eternity appeared in our June 11, 1971 issue. (Saul Miller)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the ’70s and ’80s, Bay Area Jewish cemeteries faced a series of labor strikes

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 8, 2024July 9, 2024
Claude Rains wears a tricorn and a tallis as Haym Salomon in a still from "Sons of Liberty" from 1939. (Screenshot)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Saluting Jewish founding father Haym Salomon this Independence Day

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Smart advertising in 1992, considering 50%-80% of Ashkenazi Jews are lactose intolerant...and most of them wouldn't turn down a slice of cheesecake. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Cheesecake is a slice of heaven for Shavuot

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 7, 2024
The I. Magnin building in Oakland. (Photo/Flickr user Hitchster)
Posted inFrom the Archives

The Magnin family built an upscale retail empire based in Union Square 150 years ago

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 29, 2024May 29, 2024
In 1896 you could treat mental illnesses with this wine tonic, which was advertised in our pages. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Mental health discourse was far more cruel in this newspaper’s past

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 22, 2024May 22, 2024
Signs protesting the Gaza war, including some that accuse Israel of apartheid, are laid out on the sidewalk in front of San Francisco City Hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the ‘80s, Jews protested and camped out against apartheid — and it worked

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
Foreground: The very first mention of Manischewitz in this publication in 1905 (Screenshot/J. Archives). Background: Some years later, the brand received a very orange visual refresh (Graphic/Courtesy Manischewitz).
Posted inFrom the Archives

Man, oh Manischewitz! How newspapers like this one boosted the brand for over a century

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 12, 2024
Selina Solomons from her book "How We Won the Vote in California." (Photo/Internet Archive)
Posted inFrom the Archives, Columns, History, Jewish Life

This San Francisco Jew dedicated her life to women’s suffrage

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 27, 2024May 29, 2024
Posted inFrom the Archives

It took this paper a long time to get behind ‘women’s lib’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 11, 2024

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