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Joc Pederson practices with his new team. (Photo/©S.F. Giants)
Posted inSports

Palo Alto-born Jewish slugger Joc Pederson returns home to play for Giants

Michael Gutnick by Michael Gutnick March 22, 2022March 29, 2022
One of the Nazi stickers placed in public in Fairfax in Nov. 2020 (Screenshot/Instagram @noahthamack)
Posted inCalifornia

New Assembly bill would expand hate crimes law, equalize penalties 

by Sam Ribakoff March 22, 2022May 25, 2022
Rabbis Beth and Jonathan Singer, senior rabbis at San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El since 2013, have announced they will retire in 2025.
Posted inNews

Emanu-El senior rabbis announce retirement — in 2025

by J. Staff March 21, 2022March 21, 2022
Children on an evacuation train in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 11, 2022. (Photo/Fotoreserg via Depositphotos)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area Ukrainians use their direct pipeline to aid home country

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 17, 2022March 29, 2022
Congregation Emanu-El Forest School participants walk along the Mountain Lake Trail in San Francisco's Presidio. (Photo/Michael Gutnick)
Posted inEducation

Emanu-El ‘forest’ preschool grows out of pandemic pivot

Michael Gutnick by Michael Gutnick March 17, 2022
A view of Google's corporate headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Photo/JTA-Alex Tai-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inTech

A Jewish Google employee says her activism against an Israel contract got her job moved to Brazil

by Andrew Lapin and JTA March 16, 2022March 16, 2022
Congregants at Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service of the pandemic, June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inNews

More Bay Area synagogues are going mask-optional

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 16, 2022March 16, 2022
USF basketball coach Todd Golden at a game in 2019. (Chris Leung/USF Dons)
Posted inUncategorized

A March Madness mazel tov to USF and Jewish head coach Todd Golden

Michael Gutnick by Michael Gutnick March 16, 2022March 16, 2022
A tourist poses for a picture while floating in the Dead Sea, a stop on past Sierra Club trips to Israel. (Photo/JTA-Ronen Tivony-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Sierra Club reverses course after canceling trips to Israel

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 15, 2022March 17, 2022
Rabbi Ber and Esti Rosenbat, directors of Chabad of Mountain View, and their seven children.
Posted inPurim

Mountain View Chabad kicks off with Purim party

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 15, 2022

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