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This photo of cemetery workers picketing at Hills of Eternity appeared in our June 11, 1971 issue. (Saul Miller)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the ’70s and ’80s, Bay Area Jewish cemeteries faced a series of labor strikes

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 8, 2024July 9, 2024
Emil Knopf with a Sinai Memorial Chapel hat on at Sinai's Hanukkah outreach booth in San Francisco's Union Square, 2022. Sinai was one of many Jewish organizations Knopf donated his time to over the years. (Courtesy)
Posted inObituaries

Emil Knopf, Holocaust survivor, Levi Strauss executive, community volunteer dies at 91

by Dan Pine July 5, 2024July 8, 2024
a person with long blond hair wearing all pink dances inside a restaurant
Posted inFood

A final farewell to Solomon’s Delicatessen and other Bay Area Jewish food upates

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 5, 2024July 31, 2024
Claude Rains wears a tricorn and a tallis as Haym Salomon in a still from "Sons of Liberty" from 1939. (Screenshot)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Saluting Jewish founding father Haym Salomon this Independence Day

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Detail from "The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inTorah

This week’s Torah portion warns us about demagogues and populism

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Tahini-Coconut No-Churn Ice Cream with a silan swirl ready to scoop to celebrate National Ice Cream Month (Faith Kramer)
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Vegan, no-churn, tahini-coconut ice cream is the perfect way to celebrate National Ice Cream Month

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer July 2, 2024July 31, 2024
Rabbi Andrew Sacks speaking at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, Nov. 29, 2010. (Via Facebook)
Posted inObituaries

Remembering Rabbi Andrew Sacks, 70, a ‘rabble-rouser’ who fought for religious pluralism in Israel

by Rob Charry July 2, 2024July 2, 2024
Kinky Friedman
Posted inObituaries

Kinky Friedman, singer and novelist who fronted the Texas Jewboys, dies at 79

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 1, 2024July 1, 2024
four middle aged men sit on an outdoor couch holding mugs
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Mushroom-dandelion ‘un-coffee’ alternative grows fans in Marin

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 28, 2024July 31, 2024
Or Shalom Jewish Community building dedication June 9, 2024. (Glenn Mar)
Posted inOur Crowd

Honors, happenings, comings & goings — June 2024

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 28, 2024July 26, 2024

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