• 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

Jewish Life

Katherine Janus Kahn and Sammy Spider books
Posted inObituaries

Illustrator of ‘Sammy Spider’ Jewish children’s books dies at 83

by Penny Schwartz October 27, 2025October 27, 2025
Broken tall safety net hanging, clear blue sky, full frame view suitable for background purposes. Galicia, Spain.
Posted inOpinion

Our communal definition of Jewish security is too limited. We need a wider one.

by Rachel Sumekh October 24, 2025October 24, 2025
Dorothy Saxe celebrated her 99th birthday on Feb. 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
Posted inHealth

Why my 99-year-old mother-in-law still doesn’t feel old

by Dr. Jerry Saliman October 24, 2025October 29, 2025
"The Deluge" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inTorah

What comes after the flood? A long, hard slog out of despair

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 23, 2025October 23, 2025
This Roam meal features a zucchini and onion haystack, a spicy fried chicken sandwich and a beer. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

How Roam cooked up a plan for sustainable, locally sourced burgers

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 22, 2025October 22, 2025
Naroditsky, seated, leans forward and gazes at a chess board
Posted inCulture

Daniel Naroditsky, Jewish chess grandmaster and Bay Area native, dies at 29

by Grace Gilson October 21, 2025October 21, 2025
Left: The original Temple Emanu-El, which was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. Right: Portrait of Julie Rosewald from "A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches," 1893
Posted inFrom the Archives

Meet Madam Julie Rosewald, the world’s first woman cantor

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 21, 2025October 21, 2025
Rabbi Arthur Waskow at a protest
Posted inObituaries

Honoring Rabbi Arthur Waskow – activist, pioneer and prophet

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson October 21, 2025October 21, 2025
Adults sitting in circle listen to speaker
Posted inBay Area

Russian speakers in Palo Alto are getting the tools to become Jewish leaders

by Sue Fishkoff October 20, 2025October 21, 2025
Green-brown standing brick with tzedakah in Hebrew letters
Posted inPhilanthropy

‘My favorite mitzvah’: Our readers reflect on the meaning of tzedakah

by J. Staff October 20, 2025October 21, 2025

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 983 Older posts

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

MOST POPULAR

Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
Jewish leaders rally in Scott Wiener’s defense over harassment
Updated: 21 great Jewish podcasts — Israel, Torah and identity in depth
A Muslim teen reacts to a Jewish leader’s memorial service
How seriously should we take San Francisco’s anti-Zionist hecklers?
  • 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