• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

Kids & Family

a couple sitting together at sunset, seen in silhouette
Posted inMixed & Matched

It’s not your son’s girlfriend’s job to seek Judaism. It’s your son’s.

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler September 4, 2019
Two children who are *not* Nate and Harvey (Photo/Max Pixel)
Posted inParenting

Summertime parenting can be magical — and miserable

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein August 28, 2019August 28, 2019
From the cover of “Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae”
Posted inRosh Hashanah

Cakes, elephants and magic carpets for kids this new year

by Penny Schwartz and JTA August 27, 2019
We shouldn't be so quick to pat ourselves on the back for welcoming interfaith families, writes Edmund Case. (Photo/Flickr-alborzshawn CC BY 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized

Welcome mat for interfaith families needs more unrolling

Edmund Case by Edmund Case August 21, 2019
(Photo/Jonathan Billinger CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

My kids’ generation are the anti-clutter role models we need

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz August 15, 2019
(Photo/JTA-Westend61-Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

Spotify’s Jewish music makes me feel like a kid again

Rabbi Yael Buechler by Rabbi Yael Buechler and JTA August 12, 2019
a row of men sitting in synagogue wearing kippahs, seen from the back
Posted inMixed & Matched

Does the perfect synagogue exist? In a word: no

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler August 8, 2019August 8, 2019
The columnist's daughter gathers what the Bible calls "gleanings."
Posted inParenting

Our family mitzvah: picking fresh produce for those in need

by Julie Levine August 5, 2019August 7, 2019
Prospect Park in Brooklyn isn't as great as Drew Himmelstein hoped. (Photo/Flickr-Maria Elkind CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inParenting

2019 Brooklyn is not the kids’ paradise of my dreams

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein July 23, 2019July 23, 2019
(Photo/Pixabay-alexramos10)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Memorable moments from my mishmash mixed marriage

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz July 19, 2019July 23, 2019

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 47 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Remembering the rabbis who comforted gay Jews at the height of the AIDS crisis
Death announcements for the week of June 12, 2026
The rabbi and antiquarian who made artist Arthur Szyk famous again
Adeena Sussman’s new cookbook is ‘Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv-y’ — just like her
Inch by inch, this ‘gardenista’ helped preschoolers grow at the Palo Alto JCC
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack