An array of local, city and state leaders gathered in Congregation Emanu-El’s courtyard Thursday afternoon in a show of unity and force in response to an increasing number of antisemitic incidents over the last year. In San Francisco, a Noe Valley preschool was vandalized with the words “Death to Israel” during the Israel-Hamas conflict in…
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Obituaries
Wallace Levin, backer of U.S. vets and an S.F. sleuth, dies at 91
In Hebrew, Wallace Levin might have been labeled a shomer, a watcher or a guardian. For most of his life, Levin stood guard, joining the Army during the…
Profile
This East Bay cannabis guru wants you to grow your own
“Everybody loves pot.” So says Ed Rosenthal, legalization activist and longtime elder statesman of California’s cannabis scene. He sees federal…
Northern California
UC Davis resists calls to condemn ‘extremist’ anti-Israel statement
Faced with legal questions surrounding a staunchly pro-Palestinian statement endorsed by a cross-section of academic departments in May, UC Davis is…
Bay Area
White supremacist symbol on Marin scoreboard investigated as hate crime
A set of “notorious” numbers used by white supremacists was discovered Monday posted on a scoreboard at a Marin County park and is being investigated as a…
Bay Area
Camp scholarships now a 'Birthright' for Russian-speaking Jewish kids
Growing up in Soviet-era Ukraine in the 1970s and ’80s, attending Jewish summer camp was not an option for Rabbi Shimon Margolin of San Francisco. The…
Northern California
Sonora Hebrew Cemetery hosts final burial for Holocaust survivor
A version of this article first appeared in The Union Democrat of Sonora and is reprinted with permission. The pioneer Sonora Hebrew Cemetery interred its…
Bay Area
Man arrested in Campbell dreamed of ‘whites only’ community
A 32-year-old Los Gatos man who police say carried a cache of weapons and high-capacity magazines in his pickup truck, along with a journal bearing racist…
Bay Area
Rise of Delta variant pushes Bay Area Jewish groups to change course
On Monday morning, Rabbi Raleigh Resnick received some bad news. A child at his Chabad’s summer camp in Pleasanton had tested positive for Covid. Then, a…