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A Golden State Valkyries game at Chase Center in San Francisco, Aug. 31, 2025. (Sarah Stierch via Flickr, Public Domain)
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Upcoming events: Basket weaving, Gary Shteyngart, psychedelics 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 5, 2026May 5, 2026
"Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance" is the new book by Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (Courtesy)
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Online privacy pioneer says people are finally waking up

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 5, 2026May 5, 2026
Dory Manor (left) and Moshe Sakal
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A new Hebrew press in Berlin argues that Israel doesn’t own the language

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov May 5, 2026May 5, 2026
Howard Reich looking through family photos. (Courtesy Verismo Communications)
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New opera explores how Elie Wiesel helped a child of survivors begin to heal

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 4, 2026May 4, 2026
Three new books draw on Jewish examples in providing advice for would-be protesters. (Crown; Wicked Son; Mariner Books; illustration design by Grace Yagel)
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New books by Jewish authors revisit the rules of protest in a polarized era

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 4, 2026May 4, 2026
Asher Shasho Levy, The Kitchen's cantor, is a performer and exponent of Sephardic and Mizrahi music. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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The Kitchen’s ‘Song of Songs’ weekend welcomes Sephardic musicians and scholars 

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 1, 2026May 4, 2026
Author Daniel Handler (right),  better known as Lemony Snicket, talks about his career with J.'s then-Editor-in-Chief Chanan Tigay during the Jewish Arts & Bookfest at the Magnes in 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Upcoming events: Mizrahi music, Jewish book fest, Lag Ba’Omer bonfires

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 28, 2026April 28, 2026
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz discusses psychedelics and healing during last year’s San Francisco Jewish Week. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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2nd S.F. Jewish Week features ‘Robot Shabbat,’ comedy, Valkyries and a ball

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
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New Jewish books: Rabbi Brian Lurie, Catskills, ‘The Artist Who Fought Hitler’

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 27, 2026April 27, 2026
Daniela Gerson is the author of "The Wanderers: A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II." (Kait Lavo)
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Her memoir tells story of two families, one Polish town, and decades of survival

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 23, 2026April 24, 2026

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