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Levi Strauss bib overalls, ca. 1900 — currently on display at Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Levi Strauss & Co. Archives)
Posted inCulture

Colorful exhibit shows how Levi’s jeans became an American icon

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller February 7, 2020February 10, 2020
Lori, a Holocaust survivor from the JFCS Holocaust Center speakers' bureau, addresses students in March 2019. (Photo/Trish Tunney)
Posted inHolidays

Survivors in shrinking community speak their truths

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 27, 2020January 27, 2020
Joe Pell (Liz Harris)
Posted inUncategorized

Joseph Pell, 95, reflects on a life of struggle and triumph

by Liz Harris January 24, 2020November 2, 2021
Julius Silber (Courtesy Katie Figulla)
Posted inFirst Person

The spy who fell off my family tree — and nearly got away

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent January 21, 2020January 27, 2020
Selma van de Perre signs her book at the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, Jan. 9, 2020. (JTA/Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day, World, History, Holidays, News

At 97, a Dutch resistance hero wants to give fellow Jewish fighters overdue recognition

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA January 21, 2020January 21, 2020
Journalists visiting a renovated barrack at Auschwitz, Dec. 1, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

As Holocaust memories fade, our world becomes more perilous

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn January 17, 2020January 17, 2020
Photos from Amnon Weinstein's violin restoration workshop in Tel Aviv will be on display in the Bay Area as part of "Violins of Hope." (Courtesy Amnon Weinstein)
Posted inCulture

Exhibit of Holocaust violins tells story of music as protest

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 9, 2020January 9, 2020
Photos of violins like this one, made in Germany around 1870, will be featured in one of dozens of Violins of Hope events, January through March around the Bay Area. (Amnon Weinstein)
Posted inCulture

‘Violins of Hope’ escaped the Holocaust and are coming to Bay Area for events of music and memory

by Andrew Muchin January 8, 2020January 9, 2020
Rabbi Mayer Hirsch with barrels of sacramental kosher wine during Prohibition in San Francisco, ca. 1930. (The Magnes Collection)
Posted inHistory

100 years ago, Prohibition put booze and Jews in the news

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 24, 2019
Leslie Berlin’s lawn decorations show children from diverse backgrounds celebrating peace and joy. (Rick Dodd)
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: A Jewish Silicon Valley historian who lights up at Christmas

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 19, 2019December 19, 2019

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