Parenting I’m pro-choice, I’m a parent, and I know what I can handle In the waning days of the 2020 presidential campaign, Ivanka Trump, who had previously avoided stating her position on abortion rights, made an… By Drew Himmelstein Sep 13, 2021
Opinion Who is included in the ‘us’ of our prayers? This Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, about 40% of non-Orthodox Jews will attend religious services. They will hear and recite many prayers that refer to… By Edmund Case Aug 26, 2021
Parenting My kids roam the neighborhood, and that's good for everyone On a recent afternoon, the 6-year-old boy from across the street wandered over to my driveway looking for something to do. I was sitting on the front… By Drew Himmelstein Aug 23, 2021
Travel The Jews of Key West: Making a home again in Margaritaville On any given afternoon, hundreds of visitors to Key West patiently line up for selfies next to a brightly painted, 12-foot-high concrete buoy that marks… By JTA, Larry Luxner Aug 3, 2021
Northern California Tawonga cancels a camp session due to California Covid surge A four-day Camp Tawonga introductory session with 200 children enrolled has been canceled due to a surge in Covid cases in the region and low vaccination… By Gabriel Greschler Aug 2, 2021
First Person What does Jewish tradition teach us when nature is out of balance? Every houseplant I’ve ever been responsible for could attest, from beyond the grave, that I don’t exactly have a green thumb. So it was interesting to… By Hannah S. Pressman, JTA Jul 28, 2021
Bay Area 'Birthright Judaism' camp scholarship program helps families Growing up in Soviet-era Ukraine in the 1970s and ’80s, attending Jewish summer camp was not an option for Rabbi Shimon Margolin of San Francisco. The… By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen Jul 27, 2021
Parenting Summer is a real page-turner in my book-happy family My grandparents’ basement is a magical place. Always cool in summer, it’s filled with piles of old movie posters from our family-owned movie theater,… By Drew Himmelstein Jul 27, 2021
Unions ‘It can happen at any age’: Single mom marries for first time at 61 To say that Judy Penso and Marc Manason were feeling hopeful during their second date was an understatement. On their first date, in early November 2016… By Alix Wall Jul 21, 2021