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Clifford's Tower in York
Posted inAct Two

A walking tour of York highlights England’s messy history with Jews

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 28, 2025October 29, 2025
Dorothy Saxe celebrated her 99th birthday on Feb. 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
Posted inHealth

Why my 99-year-old mother-in-law still doesn’t feel old

by Dr. Jerry Saliman October 24, 2025October 29, 2025
"The Deluge" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inTorah

What comes after the flood? A long, hard slog out of despair

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 23, 2025October 23, 2025
This Roam meal features a zucchini and onion haystack, a spicy fried chicken sandwich and a beer. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

How Roam cooked up a plan for sustainable, locally sourced burgers

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 22, 2025October 22, 2025
Left: The original Temple Emanu-El, which was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. Right: Portrait of Julie Rosewald from "A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches," 1893
Posted inFrom the Archives

Meet Madam Julie Rosewald, the world’s first woman cantor

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 21, 2025October 21, 2025
open top pumpkin stuffed with cranberries, carrots, seeds
Posted inFood

Spiced pilaf in a pumpkin shell rounds out a cozy fall dinner

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer October 20, 2025October 21, 2025
"The Creation" (1896–1902) by James Tissot
Posted inTorah

If you know where to look, you can see creation renewed every morning

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 16, 2025October 16, 2025
Rabbi Amanda Russell chants the opening lines of the Torah as an entire scroll is unrolled during the Simchat Torah celebration at Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco on Oct. 14. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Simchat Torah: ‘I need to dance with some Jews ASAP’

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 15, 2025October 15, 2025
An ad from a 1991 issue of the Jewish Bulletin, this publication's previous name.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Breast cancer is still a fight but it’s no longer a death sentence

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
A shawarma plate in progress at Hummus Bodega in San Francisco, May 14, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inSmall Bites

Super Mensch arrives. Hummus Bodega heads to the East Bay. Etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 9, 2025October 9, 2025

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