From our archive: The Loma Prieta earthquake, 30 years later By J. Staff Oct 17, 2019 As the Bay Area remembers and memorializes the 30-year anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake of Oct. 17, 1989, we took a dip back into the J. archives to see how we covered it at the time. Oct. 20, 1989 Edition delayed by earthquake This issue of the Jewish Bulletin was produced two days late… Read More
From the J. Archive What we wrote about S.F.’s Israel celebration in 1948 May 21, 1948 Birth of the State of Israel was celebrated in San Francisco in the Veterans Building with a rousing mass meeting sponsored by all the… By J. Staff Apr 18, 2018
From the J. Archive AIPAC, 18 years ago: Bush vs. Gore From an article first published May 26, 2000 Whoever the next president of the United States might be, the pro-Israel community seems to like what he has… By JTA Mar 7, 2018
From the J. Archive The Chabad rebbe's earthquake advice From an article published January 28, 1994 Like many Northern Californians, Chabad Rabbi Yosef Langer has long been accustomed to living with the threat… By J. Staff Jan 28, 2018
From the J. Archive An early attempt to connect Jews 'through Internet' This article appeared in our Jan. 14, 1994 edition: “Reach out and touch world Jewry” could be the motto of a new computer network created by a group of… By J. Staff Jan 14, 2018
From the J. Archive In Hanukkah 1943, celebrating WWII as the ‘New Maccabean War’ Dec. 17, 1943 When the lamps of Chanukah are lit this year they will burn not alone for the deeds of the Maccabees of old, but for the present-day… By J. Staff Dec 18, 2017
From the J. Archive 1977: Israeli and Egyptian basketball teams approach peace Dec. 9, 1977 Although the ink isn’t dry yet, and won’t be for weeks to come, on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s recent visit to Israel, the Israeli sport… By J. Staff Dec 10, 2017
From the J. Archive This week in 1927: Controversy over Jewish actors in Jesus biopic Dec. 2, 1927 Rudolf Schildkraut, well-known Jewish actor who played the role of Caiaphas in the Cecil B. DeMille production “King of Kings,” a… By J. Staff Dec 4, 2017
From the J. Archive When a Soviet Jewish émigré was ‘California Miss Teen’ Nov. 20, 1987: Except for the silver samovar in the kitchen, the Korot family’s neat bungalow in San Francisco’s Sunset District could be any middle-class… By J. Staff Nov 20, 2017