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Posted inNorthern California

Stockton’s Gold Rush-era congregation shines after 175 years

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 3, 2025June 6, 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
Telegrams were a big part of Jewish holiday observance in 1933. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Not so long ago, Jews absolutely loved to send telegrams

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 28, 2025May 28, 2025
Julie Franklin, registrar and rights and reproductions manager at The Magnes, looks through a box containing documents from the Spanish Inquisition in the documents archive room of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in Berkeley, April 22, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inIdeas

Saving the past for the future: How local Jewish orgs are preserving their history

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 19, 2025January 13, 2026
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
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
Alcatraz Island (Bernard Sprague via Flickr)
Posted inBay Area

The secret Jewish history of Alcatraz

by Benjamin Ivry May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
A 1952 editorial cartoon distributed by  JTA that appeared in the Jewish Bulletin, the former name of this publication.
Posted inFrom the Archives

The 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act put ‘Jewish’ labels on visas

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 22, 2025April 28, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, briefly released from an El Savadoran prison, meets with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who had traveled to El Salvador to draw attention to his case.
Posted inOpinion

Imprisoned and falsely accused, Kilmar Abrego Garcia recalls the Dreyfus Affair

by Robert Zaretsky April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
An ad for a Sept. 18, 1985, performance of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in San Francisco, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Israel Philharmonic, an ‘orchestra of soloists,’ was formed by musicians forced out of Germany in 1930s

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 28, 2025April 3, 2025

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