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Hernán Rustein (right) at the Vatican, where he sang in 2014. (Fotografia Felici)
Posted inReligion

Latin America’s rising ‘passion’ for Reform Judaism coming to Bay Area this Shabbat

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Oct. 6 drop-in genealogy session at the Jewish Community Library in San Francisco with members of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society. (Courtesy SFBAJGS)
Posted inBay Area

Genealogy ‘mavens’ go old-school to uncover Jewish past

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 3, 2019December 5, 2019
Kimberly Schroder shows off her 23andMe results. (Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inBay Area

A Bay Area woman wanted to discover her Jewish roots. She ended up finding her biological father.

by Gabriel Greschler December 2, 2019December 3, 2019
Reutlinger Community CEO Jay Zimmer (left) and Eskaton president Todd Burch (Photo/Dan Pine)
Posted inSeniors

Lawsuit questions Reutlinger agreement with non-Jewish management group

by Dan Pine December 2, 2019December 2, 2019
Abstract visualization of DNA results
Posted inBay Area, Israel, U.S., Kids & Family, Jewish Life, News

Who is a Jew? DNA home testing adds new wrinkle to age-old debate

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 29, 2019December 2, 2019
Prospective Berkeley Moshav members at a 2014 planning meeting. (From file)
Posted inNews

After years of planning, Jewish co-housing site to be revealed at Berkeley meeting

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 27, 2019November 27, 2019
Pink Challah Bake on Nov. 14 in Palo Alto to promote awareness of genetic mutations that raise cancer risks. (Sarah Felson)
Posted inBay Area

Women, girls think pink at Palo Alto Challah Bake

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 26, 2019November 26, 2019
Ross Farca speaking with an attorney outside Contra Costa Superior Court, Sept. 26, 2019. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

Alleged East Bay Jew-hater Ross Farca now charged with lying to U.S. Army

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 25, 2019November 26, 2019
Rabbi Uri Regev at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, Nov. 21, 2019. (Herbert Thier)
Posted inNews

Uri Regev: Religious freedom is important to Israelis, and could bring down Netanyahu

by Sue Fishkoff November 25, 2019November 25, 2019
Ariel Luckey speaks at a Nov. 18 "Jews on Ohlone Land" event at Urban Adamah in Berkeley. (Maya Mirsky)
Posted inUncategorized

East Bay Jews discuss what it means to live as Jews on Ohlone land

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 22, 2019November 25, 2019

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