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Travel trailers used to house homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic in East Oakland. (Photo/City of Oakland)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Taubes help fund coronavirus housing for Oakland homeless

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 11, 2020May 11, 2020
The S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is making changes to its board.
Posted inBay Area

Federation issues $2.4 million in second wave of emergency grants

by Dan Pine May 8, 2020May 12, 2020
Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ San Francisco food bank has become a primary food source for many during the pandemic. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish food banks see tenfold growth in demand during pandemic

by Gabriel Greschler May 8, 2020May 13, 2020
The exterior of San Francisco's Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, as rendered in Miecraft. (Screenshot/Courtesy Joel Lachter)
Posted inReligion

A virtual bar mitzvah party — in a Minecraft replica of local synagogue

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2020May 12, 2020
Rabbi Yosef Langer of Chabad at Sea wants to buy a boat — this boat. (Photo/Courtesy Five Star Yachts)
Posted inNews

Chabad at Sea? SF’s ‘Rally Rabbi’ is hoping his ship comes in

by Dan Pine May 7, 2020May 11, 2020
Fun with water balloons at Maccabi Sports Camp during summer 2019. (Courtesy JCC Maccabi Sports Camp)
Posted inBay Area, News

Camp Tawonga, JCC Maccabi Sports cancel overnight summer programs due to coronavirus

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
Rhoda Goldman Plaza senior home in San Francisco does not fall under the new city mandate to test all staff and residents. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inNews

Universal coronavirus testing set for S.F. skilled nursing facilities — and others want in

by Gabriel Greschler May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
“Probably 99 percent of the people in the Bay Area are not immune,” says Dr. Bob Wachter. (Photo/Courtesy UCSF)
Posted inHealth

Q&A: Next phase ‘wildly complicated,’ says prominent UCSF doctor

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 5, 2020May 11, 2020
Shel Silverstein's houseboat, the "Evil Eye." (Photo/JTA-Christian Klugmann)
Posted inBooks

Shel Silverstein lived in a houseboat in Sausalito for 10 years. It can be yours for $783,000.

by JTA and J. Staff May 5, 2020
Brandon Waloff, 41, making a pickup for Instacart. (Photo/Courtesy Waloff)
Posted inBay Area

Meet the local Jews keeping you fed (and the world from falling apart)

by Gabriel Greschler May 1, 2020May 11, 2020

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