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A Sukkot celebration at B'nai Torah (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inNews

Why an East Contra Costa temple is ‘courting’ a Walnut Creek synagogue

by Dan Pine August 22, 2023August 22, 2023
Sarab Abu-Rabia Queder seated on the floor of a tent during a Ben-Gurion University faculty tour of Bedouin society in the Negev.
(Photo/Courtesy BGU-Dani Machlis)
Posted inBay Area

Meet a trailblazing Israeli Bedouin academic when she visits San Francisco and Los Gatos

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz August 21, 2023August 22, 2023
Families at a Jewish Baby Network Hanukkah party, December 2022. (Photo/JBN)
Posted inNews

Jewish Baby Network is a lifeline for new parents in the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb August 21, 2023August 30, 2023
Congregation Emanu-El CFO Elena Gary visits the synagogue, which is now very much under renovation, Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inPhotos

Emanu-El’s centennial face-lift is underway 

Aaron Levy-Wolins by Aaron Levy-Wolins August 18, 2023August 21, 2023
Rabbi Dan Goldblatt
Posted inBay Area

Danville’s Beth Chaim opts for Reform after 45 unaffiliated years

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss August 18, 2023August 24, 2023
(From left) Stan Wong, Natalie Vaysman Mama and Maor Mama with their giveaway Hebrew Giants scarves on Jewish Heritage Night at Oracle Park, Aug. 15. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inSports

PHOTOS: S.F. Giants trounce Tampa Bay Rays on a beautiful Jewish Heritage Night

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 16, 2023August 17, 2023
Left: Offir Gutelzon, one of the local Israeli organizers of UnXeptable, during a pro-democracy march that crossed the Mary Ave. Bridge in Cupertino, July 23, 2023. Right: Anti-Israel graffiti appeared on the bridge a few weeks later. (Photos/Courtesy UnXeptable)
Posted inNews

Anti-Israel graffiti scrawled on Cupertino bridge that hosted Israeli pro-democracy protest

by Dan Pine August 16, 2023August 17, 2023
Bob Rosenberg is the founder of OnePercent for Education.
Posted inEducation

This retiree’s nonprofit asks businesses to donate 1% to Bay Area students

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene August 16, 2023August 21, 2023
Rabbi Zoe McCoon leads Temple Beth Torah's livestreamed Friday night service on Aug. 4, the week before a bomb threat interrupted another livestreamed service at the Fremont synagogue. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inBay Area

‘We didn’t expect it to happen to us’: Fremont’s Beth Torah recounts Shabbat bomb scare

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 15, 2023August 16, 2023
Asa, an 8-year-old Jewish boy, was hit by a stray bullet in Oakland last month. (Photo/GoFundMe)
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8-year-old Jewish boy hit with stray bullet in Oakland is paralyzed

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss August 15, 2023August 16, 2023

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