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Rabbi Mayer Hirsch with barrels of sacramental kosher wine during Prohibition in San Francisco, ca. 1930. (The Magnes Collection)
Posted inHistory

100 years ago, Prohibition put booze and Jews in the news

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 24, 2019
URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, one year after the summer camp was largely destroyed by fire (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Two local Jewish camps get grants to increase accessibility

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 23, 2019
Susan Saal's house on the Hanukkah Highway in Palo Alto.
Posted inJewish Life

Christmas Tree Lane? How about Hanukkah Highway?

by Gabriel Greschler December 20, 2019December 20, 2019
President Donald Trump signs an executive order combating anti-Semitism at the White House Hanukkah party, Dec. 11, 2019. (JTA/Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inBay Area

‘Completely wrongheaded’: Local Jewish studies profs skewer Trump’s order targeting campus anti-Semitism

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 19, 2019December 30, 2019
(From left) Israeli deputy consul general Matan Zamir, Rabbi Pam Frydman, Rabbi Susan Leider, Rabbi Jill Perlman and Rabbi Nat Ezray atop Tel Aviv city hall on Nov. 20.
Posted inNews

Bay Area rabbis recount ‘nuanced’ trip that showed many sides of Israel

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 18, 2019December 24, 2019
Rabbi Yosef Langer of Chabad of S.F. lights the Bill Graham menorah in Union Square in 2014. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inNews

Where to enjoy public menorah lightings in the Bay Area

by J. Staff December 18, 2019December 18, 2019
Nick Fitz, founder of the app Momentum.
Posted inTech

App lets people give to favorite causes by lifting just one finger

by Gabriel Greschler December 17, 2019December 17, 2019
Decades after he was forced to resign from the Navy for being gay, slain S.F. Supervisor Harvey Milk will have a Navy ship named after him.
Posted inBay Area

Navy vessel named for Jewish gay rights icon Harvey Milk begins construction

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 16, 2019December 17, 2019
Stanley and Josephine Chen, who live at Moldaw Residences, launched a scholarship for employees of the Palo Alto Jewish senior home. (Courtesy Moldaw Residences)
Posted inPhilanthropy

At Jewish senior home, resident couple’s generosity helps staff pursue their dreams

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn December 12, 2019December 17, 2019
U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, who represents part of the East Bay, speaking at the California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco, June 2019. (Flickr/Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Swalwell rips Trump for ‘hate-baiting propaganda’ in Forward op-ed

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 11, 2019December 17, 2019

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