The category was “A Star Is Born.” The answer: “April 30, 1985 in Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel gave us this wonder of a gal.” Walnut Creek attorney Jennifer Rosenberg hit her buzzer immediately. “Who is Gal Gadot?” she pronounced, winning her first $100 on “Jeopardy!,” the long-running game show where the answers are questions, and the…
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Bay Area
A Jewish doctor's tale of treating a Covid patient covered in Nazi tattoos
Dr. Taylor Nichols looked at the Covid-19 patient in front of him who was struggling to breathe. As he made preparations to provide emergency medical…
Bay Area
From music to cooking, pandemic hobbies uncork creativity
Micah Bloom’s summer plans weren’t supposed to go off the rails. The 20-year-old was all set for a cool internship at a Tel Aviv real estate office…
Northern California
In Sacramento, Proud Boys take to the streets, and they’re angry
Members and allies of the far-right group the Proud Boys, some wearing bulletproof vests and armed with knives, marched through the streets of Sacramento…
Bay Area
Z3’s shift online brings big names and bigger audiences
This year’s Z3 event won’t be what people might expect. It’s definitely not going to be your typical conference, and not just because it’s going virtual.…
Travel
A road trip through Jewish Gold Country
There is a strip of land about a mile wide and 120 miles long in Northern California, a vein that hugs the western edge of the Sierra Nevada, stretching…
Bay Area
S.F. State president opposes student BDS resolution
UPDATED Nov. 25, 8:30 a.m. San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney said she will not support a boycott, divestment and sanctions resolution…
Health
How his psychedelic journey may lead to the legalization of MDMA
When Rick Doblin was in his early 20s, he had a dream in which he was escorted back in time to witness a Holocaust survivor’s narrow escape from the…
Education
Learning Hebrew in ‘Hebrew school’? Not exactly.
Rabbi Nicki Greninger thinks part-time religious education is due for a name change. “When we call it ‘Hebrew school,’ people assume you’re going to learn…