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A meadow near Patricia Sussman’s home in the Bijou neighborhood of South Lake Tahoe, Aug. 17, 2021.
Posted inNorthern California

As Caldor Fire looms, South Lake Tahoe Jewish community ‘sticks together’

by Gabriel Greschler August 30, 2021September 2, 2021
Security footage of a man leaving one of the flyers on a front porch. (Screenshot/KSBW Action News 8)
Posted inNews

White power flyers in Aptos bring faith leaders together

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 30, 2021September 1, 2021
NorCal NCSY teens beautify a bench at a youth center in Kiryat Gat, Israel.
Posted inNews

Sightseeing? Sure. But this teen trip to Israel was much more. 

by Dan Pine August 27, 2021August 30, 2021
(From left) Demonstrators use a tutari, a shankh, shofars, a drum and bells to "Make a Holy Noise for Climate Change" on Aug. 25 in San Jose. (Photo/George Barahona)
Posted inUncategorized

Jews and other faith groups make ‘holy noise’ for action on climate change in San Jose

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb August 26, 2021September 1, 2021
A panel from Bernard Zakheim's expansive WPA murals on medical history in UCSF's Toland Hall auditorium; Zakheim working on the mural in 1937. (Photos/UCSF Archives and Special Collections)
Posted inCulture

Court blocks removal of WPA-era murals at UCSF — for now

by J. Staff August 26, 2021August 26, 2021
Foreground: Rabbi Daniel Lehmann is the new head of school at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School. Background: a socially distanced second-grade classroom at Hausner in July of 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Sanchez)
Posted inEducation

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann rekindles family connection as new head of Hausner school

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 25, 2021
Jack Hirschman reads from the Italian edition of his book “The Arcanes.” (Photo/Marco Cinque)
Posted inObituaries

Jack Hirschman, S.F. poet laureate and ‘bad Jew,’ dies at 87

by Patricia Corrigan August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
Left: Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin as a bar mitzvah with Cantor Doron Shapira at Peninsula Sinai in Congregation, 2010. Right: Years later, he's getting ready to help lead Peninsula Sinai for the High Holidays.
Posted inHigh Holidays

As a kid he loved his Foster City synagogue. This High Holidays, he’s going to help lead it.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
(Photo/JTA-Igor Golovniov-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Facebook has a new prayer feature. But is it made for Jews?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
(From left) Leo Zacky, Angelyne and Dan Kapelovitz are among the dozens running to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Posted inCalifornia

A lawyer, a poultry prince and a billboard queen walk into a recall election

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 23, 2021August 25, 2021

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