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Janet Silver Ghent with a cake at a pre-nuptial surprise party in the former office of this publication in early 2000. (Courtesy)
Posted inAct Two

‘Such a Match’: J. editor Marc Klein changed my life in so many ways

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 5, 2024August 5, 2024
engraving of several women standing before moses, who is seated on a throne
Posted inTorah

The Daughters of Zelophehad remind us that progress is possible

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon August 2, 2024August 2, 2024
From an article in Elie Wiesel's return to San Francisco in our May 11, 2007 article. (Screenshot)
Posted inFrom the Archives

When Elie Wiesel was assaulted in San Francisco in 2007, it was DA Kamala Harris who charged his attacker with a hate crime

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 31, 2024August 1, 2024
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

The Torah’s advice on leadership succession, political or otherwise

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen July 25, 2024July 25, 2024
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
Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur (Claude Truong-Ngoc/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Living with Our Dead’: A French rabbi reflects on death in a powerful bestseller, now out in English

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 17, 2024July 31, 2024
"Moses Strikes the Rock" by Richard Andre, 1884
Posted inTorah

Our tradition’s ambivalence toward anger stands out in a world full of rage

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 11, 2024July 11, 2024
Chef Idit Oz at work on a dish for her catering company, Oz Catering. (Courtesy)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Beets are at the root of this local caterer’s food memories growing up in Israel

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 9, 2024July 31, 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
a person with long blond hair wearing all pink dances inside a restaurant
Posted inFood

A final farewell to Solomon’s Delicatessen and other Bay Area Jewish food upates

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 5, 2024July 31, 2024

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