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Rita Semel at home in San Francisco, where she has devoted herself to public service for decades. (Photo/Norm Levin)
Posted inTrailblazers

Rita Semel, 98, is a tireless leader and ‘interfaith bridge’

by Liz Harris April 2, 2020May 21, 2026
Harriet Weiss greets neighbors during the daily "Moldaw wave." (FRANK WEISS)
Posted inSeniors

A daily wave keeps spirits up for quarantined seniors

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 2, 2020April 2, 2020
The S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is making changes to its board.
Posted inPhilanthropy

‘This is the rainy day’: S.F.-based Federation expedites emergency funding

by Dan Pine April 1, 2020April 1, 2020
A shuttered nail salon on Divisadero Street in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area Jews see incomes vanish as pandemic demolishes jobs

by Gabriel Greschler April 1, 2020April 1, 2020
Ross Farca speaking with an attorney outside Contra Costa Superior Court, Sept. 26, 2019. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

Citing pandemic, Ross Farca files motion for release

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 31, 2020April 2, 2020
a field of wheat
Posted inNews

Sinai Chapel’s annual Passover ‘wheat money’ fund takes on added importance this year

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2020April 1, 2020
A Jewish Family and Children's Services client receiving groceries from JFCS volunteers. (COURTESY JFCS)
Posted inNews

JFCS ramps up its services to meet daunting coronavirus challenges

by Dan Pine March 31, 2020
Jaimie Baxter, co-executive director of HaMaqom | The Place
Posted inEducation

From Israeli politics to Moroccan Passover, online classes spring forth from HaMaqom

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Empty entrance to the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, which closed its facility in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo/Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inBay Area

JCCs close, hundreds furloughed as Bay Area Jewish orgs feel weight of coronavirus

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 30, 2020March 31, 2020
Doreen Alper (center, in the matzah apron) sometimes has 60 or more people at her seders, such as this one in 2015. This year, she's facing the prospect of a much smaller gathering. (EDWARD LECHTZIN)
Posted inReligion

How Bay Area Jews are planning to have meaningful seders with everyone stuck at home

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 30, 2020March 30, 2020

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