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"Joseph Maketh Himself Known to His Brethren" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inCulture

Why we use paintings by Catholic artist James Tissot with our Torah column

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 7, 2024August 7, 2024
From an article in Elie Wiesel's return to San Francisco in our May 11, 2007 article. (Screenshot)
Posted inFrom the Archives

When Elie Wiesel was assaulted in San Francisco in 2007, it was DA Kamala Harris who charged his attacker with a hate crime

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 31, 2024August 1, 2024
Esther Selleck in the Emanu-El 
Residence Club in 1954. (Courtesy)
Posted inFrom the Archives

For decades, young Jewish women learned to live independently at Emanu-El Residence Club in S.F.

by Denise Selleck July 17, 2024July 24, 2024
This photo of cemetery workers picketing at Hills of Eternity appeared in our June 11, 1971 issue. (Saul Miller)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the ’70s and ’80s, Bay Area Jewish cemeteries faced a series of labor strikes

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 8, 2024July 9, 2024
Claude Rains wears a tricorn and a tallis as Haym Salomon in a still from "Sons of Liberty" from 1939. (Screenshot)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Saluting Jewish founding father Haym Salomon this Independence Day

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Bettina Farack, a research fellow at the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem, speaks about the Library of Lost Books initiative during a launch event in Berlin in November 2023. (Courtesy Weiner Library)
Posted inHistory

Amateur detectives are invited to join search for a lost Jewish library looted by the Nazis

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
In 1896 you could treat mental illnesses with this wine tonic, which was advertised in our pages. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Mental health discourse was far more cruel in this newspaper’s past

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 22, 2024May 22, 2024
Signs protesting the Gaza war, including some that accuse Israel of apartheid, are laid out on the sidewalk in front of San Francisco City Hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the ‘80s, Jews protested and camped out against apartheid — and it worked

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
Foreground: The very first mention of Manischewitz in this publication in 1905 (Screenshot/J. Archives). Background: Some years later, the brand received a very orange visual refresh (Graphic/Courtesy Manischewitz).
Posted inFrom the Archives

Man, oh Manischewitz! How newspapers like this one boosted the brand for over a century

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 12, 2024
Selina Solomons from her book "How We Won the Vote in California." (Photo/Internet Archive)
Posted inFrom the Archives, Columns, History, Jewish Life

This San Francisco Jew dedicated her life to women’s suffrage

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 27, 2024May 29, 2024

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