History
Fifty years ago, a radical Jewish sit-in brought the S.F. Federation to a halt
They brought songbooks, prayerbooks, sleeping bags and Shabbat dinner. But this was no sleepover party. The university students who entered the San…
California
Elite U.S. military language school in Monterey drops Hebrew
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, the U.S. military’s elite language school in Monterey, is dropping Hebrew from its roster of…
Education
Facing litigation, S.F. school board rescinds renaming plan
Faced with a lawsuit and an unfavorable ruling from a Superior Court judge, the San Francisco school board voted on Tuesday to rescind a controversial…
Education
Another round of racist, antisemitic posts at Alameda High School
School administrators in Alameda are once again facing complaints about expressions of antisemitism and racism — this time, in social media posts showing…
Bay Area
Antisemitism video explainer aims to cool acrimony at UC Berkeley
A group of Jewish educators at UC Berkeley is hoping that an 11-minute, animated explainer video on antisemitism, geared toward college students,…
Yom HaShoah
Bay Area programs to honor Holocaust victims, survivors
Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorates the 6 million Jews and other victims who perished in the Holocaust. This year, it will begin on…
Profile
Sarah Goody: The Bay Area’s very own Greta
The hardest year of Sarah Goody’s life was in fifth grade. At age 11, she was suffering from abdominal migraines, a debilitating syndrome that doctors had…
Art
Matzah ‘NFT’ digital art fetches $4,200 in charity auction
How much is an afikomen worth? How about $4,200? That’s what a digital artwork by the Jewish San Francisco artist fnnch (pronounced “finch”) went for at a…
California
Potential Newsom challenger compares vaccine passport to Nazi laws
A former ambassador to Germany during the Trump administration and potential Republican challenger to Gov. Gavin Newsom in the event of a recall vote has…