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Gracie Lawrence performing at the BottleRock music festival in Napa on May 24, 2025. (Courtesy BottleRock/K. Gladstein)
Posted inMusic

I didn’t get the interview — but here’s the story anyway

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett June 12, 2025June 12, 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 seawall and beach in Galveston, Texas, ca. 1910-1920. (Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection at the Library of Congress)
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‘Melting Point’: When Zionists turned to Texas

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 10, 2025June 11, 2025
Temple Israel has occupied a variety of buildings over the years, including this one on Hunter Street, seen here in 1905. (Courtesy Western States Jewish History Association)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Gold drew Jews to Stockton. Community kept them there.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 6, 2025June 6, 2025
B.V. Glants is the winner of the 2025 Cowan Prize for his new novel, “Half Notes From Berlin.” (Erin Ashford Photography)
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Local writer wins Cowan Prize for novel of love and secrets in Nazi Germany

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
The gathering included a tour of the Stanford Central Energy Facility. (Rod Searcey/Stanford)
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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
Jesse Eisenberg speaks at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center, May 27, 2025. (Jaeger Photography)
Posted inFilm

In S.F., Jesse Eisenberg recounts the very real pain behind ‘A Real Pain’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 29, 2025May 30, 2025
Graves visible through the flowers in one corner of the Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery on May 18, 2025. (Laura Paull)
Posted inHistory

In this Jewish cemetery, another Gold Rush story unfolds

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 28, 2025May 29, 2025

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