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Pride parade
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Upcoming events: Pride Shabbat, Berkeley supper club, climate change anxiety

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight May 26, 2026May 26, 2026
Rabbi Nancy Wechsler (center-right) is retiring from Congregation Beth Shalom, a small Reform synagogue in Carmichael, just outside of Sacramento. (Courtesy)
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento area synagogue honors retiring Rabbi Nancy Wechsler

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 26, 2026May 29, 2026
Fourth-grader Skylar Cohen, 10, of Lafayette won first place for her grade at the JewQ International Torah Championship in Brooklyn, March 22, 2026. (Silber Studios/Merkos 302)
Posted inBay Area

You think you know Torah? Local girl reigns at Chabad’s global JewQ contest

by Sue Fishkoff May 22, 2026May 27, 2026
Mira Stern (right) mingles with her supper club guests at her Oakland home on May 19. (Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

This Jewish mama’s supper club blends tastes, traditions, fillings, feelings

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 22, 2026May 21, 2026
Rita Semel in 1974.(J. Archives)
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Bay Area icon and Jewish leader Rita Semel began her career right here at this newspaper

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 21, 2026May 21, 2026
The Diwan-i-Khas, or Hall of Private Audience, in Fatehpur Sikri. (Daniel Mennerish via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inTorah

A city without water is like a Jew without Torah

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg May 20, 2026May 20, 2026
A cartoon from 1965 by Henry Leonard that ran in this paper. (J. Archives)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Shavuot, Shavuos, Shabuoth… How do you spell this holiday anyway?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 20, 2026May 20, 2026
Former Rep. Barney Frank attends a bill enrollment ceremony after the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act in the U.S. Capitol, Dec. 8, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Barney Frank, irascible Jewish progressive who wrote landmark finance bill, dies at 86

by Ron Kampeas May 20, 2026May 20, 2026
Sesame seeds
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Upcoming events: Crypto-Jews, LGBTQ Israeli youth, all foods sesame

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight May 19, 2026May 26, 2026
Yelena Asadov (right) and her grandmother, Musia Dimant,  who received care from Angel Palliative Care and Hospice in 2020. (Valentina Sidorova)
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‘Deeply connected’: First local hospice earns certification for Jewish care

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 18, 2026May 19, 2026

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