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Janet Silver Ghent and husband Allen Podell. (Photo/Courtesy)
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I was part of the Silent Generation but never learned to keep my mouth shut

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent May 14, 2024May 19, 2024
Barbara Rosenberg with President Ronald Reagan. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Rosenberg)
Posted inObituaries

Philanthropist Barbara Rosenberg, a ‘force of nature,’ dies at 91 

by Sue Fishkoff May 9, 2024May 9, 2024
A 1690 illustration of the constellation Taurus, this Hebrew month's ruling sign, by Johannes Hevelius.
Posted inAstrolojew

A month of healing — just what we need

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude May 8, 2024May 8, 2024
Israeli flags were in abundance at a rally in San Francisco's Union Square on  Sept. 18, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Where to observe Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut in the Bay Area

by J. Staff May 7, 2024May 13, 2024
The playground at the Osher Marin JCC's new satellite campus in Mill Valley. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Marin JCC’s new southern satellite campus is humming along

by Ryan Torok May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
Signs protesting the Gaza war, including some that accuse Israel of apartheid, are laid out on the sidewalk in front of San Francisco City Hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the ‘80s, Jews protested and camped out against apartheid — and it worked

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
(Photo/Flickr-María Helena Carey CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inJewish Life

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by J. Staff May 3, 2024May 6, 2024
a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
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Death announcements for the week of May 3, 2024

by J. Staff May 3, 2024May 6, 2024
San Francisco's Marina District was hit hard by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. (Photo/Eve Fraser-Corp via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Like us, ancient Israelites divided time into ‘before’ and ‘after’ trauma

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf May 2, 2024
A visitor places a stone at the Holocaust memorial at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Where to observe Yom HaShoah around the Bay Area in 2024

by J. Staff May 1, 2024May 3, 2024

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