The San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, one of the largest skilled nursing facilities in the Bay Area, has laid off 1.5 percent of its workforce — about 9 employees — because of financial pressures caused by the pandemic, according to an email sent to community members on March 8. The email, written by CEO…
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Security grants available, but Jewish Caucus urges more funding
A federal program that helps synagogues and other entities improve their physical security is taking applications until April 7. Synagogues and Jewish…
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Notorious Petaluma antisemite is now in the Hitler T-shirt business
Jon Minadeo Jr., a 38-year-old Petaluma man infamous within the Bay Area Jewish community, has launched an online merchandise store selling hundreds of…
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J. selected for invitation-only Jewish media fellowship
J. The Jewish News of Northern California has been chosen to participate in the inaugural Jewish Journalism Fellowship, a yearlong program designed to…
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An eight-minute interview with a Proud Boy in Sacramento
As federal investigations into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot continue, a handful of right-wing extremist groups have emerged as focal points for prosecutors,…
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A varsity letter, 63 years late: Cantor rectifies S.F. pol’s high school snub
All it took was an email for a 63-year-old wound to start to heal. In December, Cantor Stephen Saxon tuned into KQED’s “Political Breakdown” and heard an…
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Sinai makes livestreaming standard at graveside services
Sinai Memorial Chapel, the only Jewish funeral home between Los Angeles and Seattle, will start livestreaming most of its graveside funeral services by…
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Her journalistic path to Judaism started on a date with Bari Weiss
The New York Times staff cafeteria doesn’t offer much in the way of ambiance for a first date. And Nellie Bowles wasn’t even clear her 2018 meetup over…
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Statue by Nazi-era artist under review at St. Mary’s College
UPDATED: March 1, 9 a.m. St. Mary’s College in Moraga has temporarily removed a statue by a Nazi-era artist after students created and promoted a petition…