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Teenager and rabbi
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Marin teen is debunking lies about the Talmud on YouTube

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev June 4, 2026June 4, 2026

In medieval Europe, Jewish scholars were summoned before Christian authorities and forced to defend the Talmud against claims that it said things it didn’t. The proceedings, called disputations, were rarely […]

Ednah Beth Friedman records a story about her family during J.’s “History is Calling!” event on March 22 at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in Berkeley. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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J. wants to hear how you or your family ended up in Northern California

Yael Bright by Yael Bright May 28, 2026May 28, 2026
Rita Semel in 1974.(J. Archives)
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Bay Area icon and Jewish leader Rita Semel began her career right here at this newspaper

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 21, 2026May 21, 2026
The Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra performs. (Bill Hocker/Courtesy BCCO)
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Berkeley premiere sings a requiem for the dead of Terezín

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert May 20, 2026May 26, 2026
A cartoon from 1965 by Henry Leonard that ran in this paper. (J. Archives)
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Shavuot, Shavuos, Shabuoth… How do you spell this holiday anyway?

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 20, 2026May 20, 2026
Kathy Saunders (left) sits next to her sister Ann Saunders Gordon as she records a story about her family’s history at our “History Is Calling!” event. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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California, here I come: Listen to J. readers share how their families came to the Bay Area

Yael Bright by Yael Bright April 29, 2026April 30, 2026
Michael Makstman at his office in S.F. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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He left his past in Ukraine, and now runs S.F.’s entire tech operation

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 28, 2026April 28, 2026
La America, a Ladino paper from the U.S., published 1911. (Courtesy NIL)
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Stanford Ladino scholar keeps grip on fading Ottoman Jewish world

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 24, 2026April 24, 2026
Jeanette Ringold speaks often about being a hidden child and how she learned what really happened. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Dutch ‘hidden child’ had to piece together her own story

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 14, 2026April 17, 2026
A Jewish couple ride in a rickshaw in Shanghai in the late 1930s or early 1940s. (Courtesy Sino-Judaic Institute)
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Local scholar keeps history of China’s oldest Jewish community alive

by Julie Zigoris April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

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