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Temple Sinai in Oakland in 1914
Posted inFrom the Archives

J. archives bring humanity of Bay Area Jewish history to life

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn March 23, 2023March 24, 2023
low-res image of 1971 issue of Jewish Bulletin with headline "Israeli 'Turned On' by Drug Research"
Posted inFrom the Archives

Marijuana: In Israel they researched it, but blamed its use on Americans

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 14, 2023March 24, 2023
Chaim Topol as Tevye in the 1971 film adaptation of "Fiddler on the Roof." (Photo/JTA-Silver Screen Collection-Getty Images)
Posted inFrom the Archives

10 years ago, Topol celebrated ‘Fiddler’ 50th in Silicon Valley

by Dan Pine March 9, 2023March 9, 2023
The many bagels of Boichik Bagels. (Photo/Lydia Daniller)
Posted inFrom the Archives

From ‘beigels’ in 1921 to bagels in 2023, we love ’em

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 16, 2023
The Alco truck that drove to Petaluma with a load of soap in 1912, the first transcontinental delivery made by automobile. (Photo/Courtesy Sonoma County Library)
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110 years ago, ‘motor wagon’ delivery was all the rage

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 13, 2023
Theodor Herzl, father of modern political Zionism. (Photo/JTA-GPO via Getty Images)
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What did Bay Area Jews make of Theodor Herzl in the 1890s?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 30, 2023
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (second from right) marching with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the second Selma to Montgomery civil rights march on Mar. 21, 1965.
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When MLK’s favorite rabbi came to the Bay Area

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 17, 2023January 17, 2023
From our Jan. 6, 1899 issue
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In the 1890s, Bay Area Jews said a cautious ‘yes’ to Christmas

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 22, 2022December 22, 2022
Israeli Golden State Warriors player Omri Casspi joins S.F. Chabad Rabbi Yosef Langer to light the menorah after the Warriors beat Dallas on the team's annual Jewish Heritage Night, Dec. 14, 2017 (Photo/Courtesy Golden State Warriors)
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With Warriors Jewish Heritage Night coming up, a look back at the very first

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 12, 2022December 19, 2022
In a 1926 issue of this newspaper, Rabbi S. Felix Mendelsohn wrote about what he called “Jewish nationalism,” which we today would call a secular Jewish identity.
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This week’s JCRC survey reminds us: We’ve been asking ‘Who is a Jew?’ for a long time

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

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