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A marcher holds a "Trans Jews belong here" sign at the 2023 San Francisco Pride Parade. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPride

How to celebrate Pride Month with the Bay Area Jewish community

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight May 30, 2025June 13, 2025
Chai Preschool Director Esty Marcus sits with children at Chai Preschool in San Mateo on May 9, 2025, the day she was given the EarlyJ Impact Award. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inEducation

Preschool director who ‘values excellence’ wins EarlyJ’s first award

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva May 13, 2025May 14, 2025
Frances Kunkel gazes upon her works during a lesson on making pickles at Or Shalom Jewish Community in San Francisco, March 24, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Why are pickles such a big hit with S.F. religious school kids?

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 16, 2025June 3, 2025
A 300-pound plaster sphinx head from Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 film "The Then Commandments," which was buried along with the rest of the set under the sand at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes for almost a century. (Courtesy Dunes Center)
Posted inPassover

10 things to do with your kids during Passover in the Bay Area

by J. Staff April 15, 2025April 16, 2025
Children and their teachers and parents dressed up for Purim, including one as Batgirl in honor of the slain Bibas brothers, at the Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv, March 13, 2025.(Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Children in Israel and beyond are dressing as Batman for Purim to honor the slain Bibas brothers

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer March 13, 2025March 13, 2025
Camp Tawonga's garden at its peak during summer 2024. This summer a new Garden Kitchen will open next to the garden itself. (Courtesy)
Posted inKids & Family

The dirt on summer camps: Gardens, kid-focused kitchens grow in popularity

by Sue Fishkoff March 5, 2025March 9, 2025
Joanne Greene and husband Fred with their granddaughter on Purim in 2022.
Posted inPurim

Party like it’s 5785: Where to celebrate Purim around the Bay Area

by J. Staff March 4, 2025March 12, 2025
Detail of the cover of "I Say Shehechiyanu" by Joanne Rocklin and illustrated by Monika Filipina. (Courtesy PJ Library)
Posted inBooks

These children’s books celebrate Jewish pride, joy and resilience

by Vivien Braly and Ellen Holderman February 28, 2025February 28, 2025
Stock photo shows a closeup of a pregnant woman's belly under a beige dress. her arm and the arm of a man standing next to her cradle her belly.
Posted inBay Area

Hasidah, Bay Area Jewish nonprofit whose IVF grants led to 60 babies, is winding down

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Niva Ashkenazi and Lea Loeb February 20, 2025February 27, 2025
Detail from a page of "Miri's Moving Day"
Posted inBooks

‘Can I be both Chinese and Jewish?’ Children’s book unpacks a young girl’s identity

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 24, 2025January 24, 2025

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