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Sue Barnett on a reporting trip to Israel in January 1991.
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As she retires, we look back on the career of longtime J. editor Sue Barnett

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 4, 2026May 4, 2026
Sinai Memorial Candle
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Death announcements for the week of May 1, 2026

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Lifecycles announcements for the week of May 1, 2026

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Winifred S. Davis on her daughter’s farm. She will become a bat mitzvah on May 2. (Courtesy)
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She’s in her 90s — and she’s about to have her bat mitzvah

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett April 30, 2026April 30, 2026
An Omer calendar from 1904 by Baruch Zvi Ring. (Wikimedia)
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From Passover to Shavuot: What the Omer offering teaches us about growth

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 30, 2026April 30, 2026
Kathy Saunders (left) sits next to her sister Ann Saunders Gordon as she records a story about her family’s history at our “History Is Calling!” event. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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California, here I come: Listen to J. readers share how their families came to the Bay Area

Yael Bright by Yael Bright April 29, 2026April 30, 2026
Community members sing during a Lag Ba’Omer bonfire at Urban Adamah in Berkeley. (Courtesy Sacred Music Fellowship)
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Bonfires, drum circles and music at Lag Ba’Omer events around the Bay Area

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Author Daniel Handler (right),  better known as Lemony Snicket, talks about his career with J.'s then-Editor-in-Chief Chanan Tigay during the Jewish Arts & Bookfest at the Magnes in 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Upcoming events: Mizrahi music, Jewish book fest, Lag Ba’Omer bonfires

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 28, 2026April 28, 2026
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz discusses psychedelics and healing during last year’s San Francisco Jewish Week. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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2nd S.F. Jewish Week features ‘Robot Shabbat,’ comedy, Valkyries and a ball

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
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‘Stick to your own kind’? Sometimes, it’s not about race

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