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      Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg speaking at the Religious Action Center's Consultation on Conscience in Washington, DC, May 1, 2017. (Photo/Courtesy Religious Action Center)

      Northern California

      Sacramento's Jewish mayor rebukes antisemite in city council meeting

      Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is standing by his emotional response to a man spouting antisemitic rhetoric last week during a meeting of the…
      By Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 23, 2023
      A member of Congregation Shirat Ha-Yam in Odesa, Ukraine, with a power generator donated by members of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills.

      Bay Area

      A Peninsula synagogue is sending vital aid to Ukrainian Jews

      In the dark winter months following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, residents of the port city of Odesa had electricity for just two hours a day,…
      By Sue Fishkoff May 23, 2023
      San Francisco Mayor London Breed poses overlooking the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, May 2023. (Photo/Dan Garon)

      Bay Area

      London Breed gets broad view of Israel, from Haifa to Jerusalem

      Mere hours before San Francisco Mayor London Breed touched down in Tel Aviv on May 9, conflict had erupted between Israel and Gaza. The boom of rockets…
      By Emma Goss May 22, 2023
      Cantor Martin Feldman singing at the Congregation Sherith Israel's 150th anniversary  celebration in 1999. (Photo/File)

      Bay Area

      At 95, Sherith's Cantor Feldman reflects on a harmonious career

      It’s a sunny Thursday in May in downtown San Francisco. In a barber shop just off Union Square, tucked into the entrance of a parking garage, Cantor…
      By Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 22, 2023
      Manny Yekutiel, co-founder of the Civic Space Foundation, at Clean Up the City in San Francisco's Hayes Valley neighborhood, May 6, 2023. (Photo/Alexandra Liss)

      Bay Area

      $2M fund seeks to spiff up S.F., renew civic pride — and joy

      San Francisco hasn’t gotten the best press recently. From department stores fleeing downtown to a wave of shoplifting, much of the news has been bleak.…
      By Maya Mirsky May 19, 2023
      Screenshot of Thor Kill's now-deleted LinkedIn account

      Bay Area

      Thor Kill, S.F. resident linked to Nazi posts, out on probation

      A San Francisco resident linked to pro-Nazi and pro-shooter social media posts has been convicted of felony possession of “thousands of rounds of live…
      By J. Staff May 16, 2023
      Shereen Bhalla, who previously worked at the Hindu American Foundation, is the Anti-Defamation League's new director of education for Northern California, Utah and Hawaii.

      Northern California

      She's bringing her Hindu perspective to a new role at the ADL

      Shereen Bhalla, who started May 1 as director of education for the Anti-Defamation League’s office covering Northern California, Utah and Hawaii , knew…
      By Maya Mirsky May 16, 2023
      (From left) Kaitlin Brennan, Gabby Powell, Portia Kadlecek and Hannah Coleman celebrate their belated b'nai mitzvahs at Emanu-El. (Photo/Courtesy Lori Coleman)

      Lifecycles

      Pandemic b’nai mitzvah teens finally get to party like it's 2019

      For teens gathered in the Congregation Emanu-El’s sanctuary on May 5, the candies thrown from the pews must have felt like rain after a drought. After…
      By Dan Pine May 15, 2023

      Obituaries

      Don Chaiken, dedicated East Bay philanthropist, dies at 86

      In his role as a philanthropist, Donald Chaiken routinely met with leaders of nonprofits seeking grants. According to his daughter, Chaiken would consider…
      By Dan Pine May 15, 2023
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