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Pictures of banners  supporting Kanye West's comments about Jews went viral after members of the Goyim Defense League hate group dropped them from an overpass in Los Angeles, Oct. 22, 2022. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inLocal Voice

Kanye West’s ‘Heil Hitler’ song turns hate into a hook

Morgan Blum Schneider, the director of the JFCS Holocaust Center, a program of Jewish Family
and Children’s Services. (Courtesy) by Morgan Blum Schneider May 14, 2025May 14, 2025
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, March 7, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCulture

CJM loses potential grant as Trump slashes arts funding

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 13, 2025May 14, 2025
This photo appeared on the front page of our Sept. 25, 1987 issue with this caption:
"Daniel Lev plays guitar outside St. Mary’s Cathedral last week at [a] demonstration
that was one of many Jewish community protests and events aimed at the
pope's visit to San Francisco. The demonstration merged protests organized by
the Northern California Holocaust Center and by Tikkun Magazine."
Posted inFrom the Archives

The pope came to S.F. in 1987 — and local Jews weren’t too happy about it

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 12, 2025May 14, 2025
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
The author's 101-year-old family siddur. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

My grandpa’s 101-year-old time-traveling siddur

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2025May 9, 2025
Bay Area Panthers Team President David Eisenberg. (Courtesy of Bay Area Panthers)
Posted inSports

‘Constant action’: Former 49ers exec heads indoors with Bay Area Panthers

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher May 8, 2025May 9, 2025
Weaver narrates "Shterna & the Lost Voice," as Kiah Raymond operates the "crankie." (Darren Port)
Posted inOn Stage

New Jewish folktale gets ‘crankie’ with old-timey storytelling device

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 7, 2025May 8, 2025
Attendees line up for opening night of the 2022 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Festival org loses two NEA grants

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2025May 7, 2025
Alcatraz Island (Bernard Sprague via Flickr)
Posted inBay Area

The secret Jewish history of Alcatraz

by Benjamin Ivry May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
A sign with the poem "What A Gazan Should Do During An Israeli Air Strike," by Mosab Abu Toha (inset) is seen at the University of California, Berkeley, pro-Palestinian student encampment, May 4, 2024. (Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Palestinian writer targeted by far-right pro-Israel activists wins Pulitzer

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 6, 2025May 6, 2025

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