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Students enjoying a UC Berkeley Hillel event in 2019. (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area

Campus news: Funding boost for Berkeley Hillel, Israeli scholar at Stanford as visiting fellow

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
An SFCJL resident using the memory care station. (Photo/Courtesy SFCJL)
Posted inBay Area

SFCJL’s virtual memory care earns recognition from Fast Company

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 17, 2022May 23, 2022
Jewish protester Mika Kie Weissbuch at the San Francisco "Bans Off Our Bodies" march for reproductive rights, May 14, 2022, from Civic Center to Embarcadero on Market Street. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
Posted inBay Area

PHOTOS: Jews join Bay Area abortion rights protests in force

by J. Staff May 16, 2022May 17, 2022
United Teachers Los Angeles (background, celebrating the end of a strike in 2019) is one of several defendants in the suit. (Photo/file)
Posted inCalifornia

‘Liberated’ ethnic studies group hit with lawsuit alleging civil rights violations

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 13, 2022May 26, 2022
Jon and Lissa Kaplan during the repair of the "Familant Torah," which will soon depart Palo Alto for Israel.
Posted inBay Area

‘Survivor Torah’ scroll will journey from Palo Alto to Israel this summer

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 12, 2022May 25, 2022
The Reuven family, seen here in New York, decided to spend a year traveling after Stav's death.
Posted inBay Area

Suicide prevention a priority for grieving South Bay family, where youth depression is common

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
Claire Lipschultz's mother, pictured  around  the time that her own mother almost died from an illegal abortion.
Posted inBay Area

Q&A: How abortion laws shaped three generations of this family

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Napa Valley Unified School District offices at the original Napa Union High School. (Photo/nvusd.k12.ca.us)
Posted inEducation

Napa schools reverse course on ‘liberated’ ethnic studies contract

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 9, 2022May 10, 2022
Fran Birnbaum, a member of Beth Chaim Congregation in Danville, is behind the synagogue sisterhood's efforts to raise thousands for Ukraine war relief by making and selling challah.
Posted inBay Area

Challah for Ukraine fundraiser rises rapidly in East Bay

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 9, 2022May 11, 2022
Max Homa representing UC Berkeley at the 2013 NCAA Championships where he won the individual title.
(Photo/Todd Drexler-SE Sports Media)
Posted inSports

Jewish golfer Max Homa, Berkeley alum, enters world top 30 after tourney win 

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher May 9, 2022May 10, 2022

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