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Dr. Daniel Kraft  spoke on June 18 Human + Tech summit in San Francisco about how AI, biosensors and behavioral tech can transform the field of preventive health. (Asa Mathat)
Posted inThe J. Interview

Peninsula doctor, scientist, entrepreneur is reimagining health care

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 23, 2025July 24, 2025
Sefaria’s AI-generated webpages are marked with a circle AI stamp in the top-right corner. (Screenshot via YouTube/Sefaria)
Posted inThe Perils & Promise of AI

Jewish institutions slowly incorporate AI but risk falling behind

by Dan Friedman June 18, 2025June 19, 2025
Trauma therapists Jaclyn Wolfman (left) and Miri Bar-Halpern are co-authors of a paper about the ways Jewish fears of antisemitism or distress over the Oct. 7 attacks have been dismissed or downplayed. (Courtesy)
Posted inIdeas

‘Traumatic invalidation’: Therapists name the way Jewish fear has been ignored since Oct. 7

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 11, 2025June 11, 2025
Aaron Lansky speaks at the Yiddish Book Center gala, May 4, 2025. (Susan Magnano/Magnanimous Pictures)
Posted inBooks

He built a home for 1.5 million Yiddish books. Now he’s walking away. 

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 11, 2025June 11, 2025
The gathering included a tour of the Stanford Central Energy Facility. (Rod Searcey/Stanford)
Posted inIdeas

At Stanford, experts talk ‘climate resilience’ from Tel Aviv to L.A.

by Sue Fishkoff June 3, 2025June 5, 2025
Participants in From Older to Elder's February 2025 retreat mug for the camera at Point Reyes National Seashore. (Courtesy Bruce Beron)
Posted inIdeas

Local program redefines what it means to age wisely — and Jewishly

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz May 30, 2025May 30, 2025
American-Israeli author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi speaks at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, May 21, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inIdeas

Netanyahu must be ousted, Israeli thinker Yossi Klein Halevi says in S.F.

by Sue Fishkoff May 27, 2025May 27, 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)
Posted inIdeas

Saving the past for the future: How local Jewish orgs are preserving their history

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 19, 2025January 13, 2026
Micah Bloom poses with his game “Jewopoly,” a Jewish take on the game Monopoly, at his home in San Francisco, May 2, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inGames

‘Pass go’ and visit Brisket Place in S.F. teen’s Jewopoly game

by Patricia Corrigan May 12, 2025May 14, 2025
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Posted inReligion

An Israeli think tank used AI to analyze 4,400 American synagogue sermons

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 23, 2025April 23, 2025

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