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The San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living in the Excelsior neighborhood of San Francisco. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inSeniors

Covid testing set at S.F. Jewish senior home as third staff member tests positive

by Gabriel Greschler May 20, 2020May 21, 2020
Miriam Streicker-Hirt with an S.F. Strong poster created by Susan Stanger.
Posted inHealth

S.F. coronavirus posters: A Jewish-led grassroots effort

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 18, 2020May 27, 2020
Rabbi Mark Bloom streams a live Shabbat service from Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, May 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inNews

Synagogues begin sketching out plans for post-quarantine reopening

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Luis, 63, an immigrant from Honduras, is currently sheltering in place at Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont. (Photo/Rachele S. Kanigel)
Posted inBay Area

From ICE detention to quarantine in an East Bay synagogue

Rachele Kanigel by Rachele Kanigel May 14, 2020May 18, 2020
Vallejo Unified School District building. (Photo/Rachel Raskin-Zrihen)
Posted inEducation

Vallejo school board tables vote on ‘anti-Jewish’ ethnic studies curriculum

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen May 14, 2020May 25, 2020
Campers at Camp Ramah Northern California. (Photo/Courtesy Camp Ramah)
Posted inNews

Ramah NorCal and Eden Village West latest overnight summer camps to cancel

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Mercy High School students at the Farkas Center's Kristallnacht event in November 2018. (Photo/Adrian Schrek)
Posted inUncategorized

Holocaust center loses home at SF Catholic school but vows to continue

by Gabriel Greschler May 13, 2020
Jewish Community for Literacy lead tutor Beverly Ark celebrates Read Across America Day with a student at Parker Elementary in Oakland. (Photo/Jo Budman)
Posted inEducation

Jewish Coalition for Literacy gives 1,000 youngsters in Bay Area the gift of reading

by Liz Harris May 12, 2020May 13, 2020
Rabbi Lavey Derby (center) of the Peninsula JCC leads a group meditation class before the pandemic. (Photo/Courtesy PJCC)
Posted inUncategorized

How Jewish meditation is helping people silence the pandemic anxiety

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 12, 2020May 13, 2020
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

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