A strange chapter in the history of Jewish homelands: Birobidzhan By Maya Mirsky Mar 8, 2023 A homeland for Jews: a place where Jews could flourish on their own terms, not as a minority but as the architects of their own destiny. Ninety years ago this week, in the March 3, 1933 issue, we talked about that place, but it wasn’t Israel. It was Birobidzhan, the capital of an autonomous Jewish… Read More
From the J. Archive With pear salad and ‘La Bamba,’ it’s time for a Bay Area Purim Something was afoot at the San Francisco branch of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association in early 1904. “Unusual bustle is the order of the day at the… By Maya Mirsky Mar 2, 2023
Local Voice Inside Sha’ar Zahav: a look at the history of SF's LGBTQ synagogue Congratulations to J. on digitizing its archives, which tell the story of our remarkable Jewish community. And thank you for the excellent recap of J.’s… By Ron Lezell Mar 8, 2022
From the Archives How we've covered the biggest Bay Area Jewish stories It’s Archives Week here at J. The Jewish News of Northern California! Our entire archives — 127 years of Bay Area Jewish news and history — is now… By Andrew Esensten Feb 14, 2022
History From our archive: The Loma Prieta earthquake, 30 years later 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… By J. Staff Oct 17, 2019
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