Arrest in shooting incident at Schneerson Center By Gabe Stutman Feb 4, 2023 Expressing gratitude to the FBI for its help with the investigation, the San Francisco Police Department announced late Friday the arrest of a suspect officials believe shot blank rounds inside a Jewish gathering place on Wednesday and brandished a firearm a day earlier at a nearby movie theater. Police said they have the man, whom… Read More
Bay Area S.F. synagogue shooter remains at large as FBI joins investigation A white male suspect remained at large Friday after a frightening shooting in which nobody was hurt at a San Francisco Jewish gathering place Wednesday… By Gabe Stutman Feb 3, 2023
Letter to Readers Why we took the shooting video down Yesterday, Feb. 2, we reported on an incident at a Jewish center in San Francisco, in which a man entered a study session and fired several blanks from a… By Sue Barnett, Jo Ellen Green Kaiser Feb 3, 2023
Bay Area Shooting rattles Russian Jewish center in San Francisco A man fired blanks from a handgun at a Jewish center in San Francisco Wednesday, shocking a group gathered for a study session in a community space… By Gabe Stutman Feb 2, 2023
World Russian missiles reportedly damage historic synagogue in Ukraine Russian missile fire damaged a 113-year-old synagogue in the city of Huliaipole, Ukraine, last weekend. An unconfirmed photo of the synagogue on Twitter… By David I. Klein, JTA Feb 2, 2023
Analysis What does the Black-Jewish alliance look like in 2023? In a word, messy “Black and Jewish relations have been written about ad nauseam, discussed ad nauseam,” the Berkeley writer Adam Mansbach said at a public forum in San… By Andrew Esensten Feb 2, 2023
Bay Area Anti-Zionist Jewish activists claim credit for latest billboard defacement An anonymous group of anti-Zionist Jewish activists took credit for defacing three JewBelong billboards Wednesday, plastering over and replacing words on… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Feb 1, 2023
Education At Sherith Israel’s new preschool, the kids will stay outside Congregation Sherith Israel will open a new preschool this fall that will be held largely outdoors, joining a growing Bay Area trend of turning nature… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Feb 1, 2023
Religion Hebrew College will now ordain rabbis whose partners are not Jewish Hebrew College will begin admitting and ordaining rabbinical students in interfaith relationships, according to new admissions standards revealed on… By Philissa Cramer, JTA Feb 1, 2023