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Chel Mandell (left) leads a TzimTzum Shabbat in Santa Cruz. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inNorthern California

Queer group in Santa Cruz celebrates Judaism ‘in their own light’

by Naomi Friedland June 26, 2023June 27, 2023
The 1998 vow renewal of Cora Latz (left) and Etta Perkins at the Jewish Home for the Aged in San Francisco is one of many moments now memorialized in the GLBT Historical Society's new digital archive of LGBTQ Jewish history. (Photo/Courtesy GLBT Historical Society-Jewish LGBTQ Voices and Activism Source Set)
Posted inNews

From personal to profound, new digital archive traces queer Jewish history

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 23, 2023June 26, 2023
pride marchers carry lgbt pride flags with stars of david on them
Posted inJewish Life

Jewish events to check out this San Francisco Pride weekend

by J. Staff June 22, 2023June 22, 2023
Rabbi Chayva Lehrman  (Photo/Emma Goss)
Posted inNews

Chayva Lehrman, the new rabbi at newly merged Am Tikvah, has been dreaming of this day

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss June 22, 2023
The graffiti included a  swastika and other symbols. At the request of the congregation, J. has agreed to blur some of it. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inNews

Swastika spray-painted on Peninsula Sinai Congregation in Foster City

by Dan Pine June 21, 2023June 23, 2023
Artist’s rendering of the new JFCS Holocaust Center exhibit space. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS)
Posted inNews

Jewish Family and Children’s Services kicks off $45M drive to expand S.F. Holocaust Center

by J. Staff June 21, 2023June 21, 2023
Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park (Photo/Flickr-Patrick G CC)
Posted inNews

These are the 12 names in the running to replace Stow Lake

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher June 15, 2023June 20, 2023
Meira Academy is housed at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Photo/meiraacademy.org)
Posted inBay Area

Facing low enrollment, the Bay Area’s only all-girls Orthodox school will close next year

by Dan Pine June 14, 2023
Milton Zerman accepting the AJC Sharon Greene Award for Campus Advocacy on behalf of a group of Berkeley Law students in Tel Aviv, June 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy of AJC)
Posted inNews

In Tel Aviv, Berkeley Law students cheered for fighting antisemitism

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 13, 2023August 24, 2023
Middle-aged woman wearing glasses.
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Stanford to ‘enhance belonging’ for Jews after antisemitic incidents

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 12, 2023June 16, 2023

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