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UPDATED: Purim fun around the Bay Area for all ages

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 12, 2024March 19, 2024
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It took this paper a long time to get behind ‘women’s lib’

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 11, 2024
Israeli-born shlichim at Camp Ramah Northern California last summer. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inKids & Family

How the Israel-Hamas war could impact local Jewish overnight camps this summer

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz March 11, 2024March 8, 2024
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Death announcements for the week of March 8, 2024

by J. Staff March 8, 2024March 20, 2024
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Israel’s national library wants stories of Oct. 7, including from diaspora Jews

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 8, 2024
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Posted inFood

In bagel news: Hella opens in Albany, Boichik will expand with 3 shops in S.F.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 8, 2024May 23, 2024
"Friday Evening" by Isidor Kaufmann, 1920 (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
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Shabbat candlelighting remains the most transformative Jewish action of all

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon March 7, 2024March 8, 2024
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Marco Troper, math whiz and Hausner alum, dies at 19

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 5, 2024March 6, 2024
Bear Silber, the new owner of Grand Bakery, slides freshly-baked challah onto a rack to cool in Oakland on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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After buying Grand Bakery for $1, new owner of Oakland legacy is dreaming big

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 5, 2024March 5, 2024
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Ben Stern, Berkeley survivor who kept fighting for justice, dies at 102

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