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The bimah at Congregation Beth Shalom in Carmichael after the June 1999 firebombings of three Sacramento area synagogues (Photo/Courtesy Congregation Beth Shalom)
Posted inNorthern California

20 years later, Sacramento synagogue bombings still hurt

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn June 14, 2019June 17, 2019
Lindsay Gottlieb, shown after a college basketball game as UC Berkeley women's basketball coach on March 1, 2019, is joining the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. (Photo/JTA-Joseph Weiser-Icon Sportswire)
Posted inSports

Cavaliers hire Jewish former coach of UC Berkeley women’s basketball

by JTA and Bob Jacob June 13, 2019June 13, 2019
Carol Saal (Photo/Norm Levin)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Philanthropist Carol Saal’s persistence helped save Palo Alto JCC

by Liz Harris June 13, 2019June 13, 2019
Anne Brodofsky in Shanghai in the 1920s
Posted inHistory

Treasured letters recall Berkeley 99-year-old’s adventurous aunt

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 12, 2019
Dora Sorell, Holocaust survivor and popular educator on the Holocaust, passed away May 27, 2019.
Posted inObituaries

Survivor and Holocaust educator Dora Sorell of Berkeley dies at 98

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 11, 2019
Flags on display at an LGBTQ Pride event put on by A Wider Bridge and the Israeli consulate in San Francisco (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inNews

Pride function in S.F. holds up Israel as a ‘special place’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 10, 2019June 12, 2019
Rabbi Jill Perlman will take over as senior rabbi of Temple Isaiah in Lafayette in July, replacing interim rabbi Steven Chester, who has led Isaiah for a year following the retirement of longtime leader Rabbi Judy Shanks.
Posted inBay Area, News

New rabbi in East Bay has a thing for Temples Isaiah

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 7, 2019June 10, 2019
Progressive Zionists of California members Andrea Beth Damsky, Paul Kujawsky, Susan George and Matthew Finkelstein at the 2019 California Democratic party convention (Photo/Dan Pine)
Posted inNews

How activists at state Dems’ convention sparred over Israel resolutions

by Dan Pine June 7, 2019June 9, 2019
The S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is making changes to its board.
Posted inHistory

What is a Jewish federation, anyway?

by J. Staff June 5, 2019
Three teens stand together — one Latina, one Asian, one black — the Asian one is wearing a t-shirt that reads "This is what Jewish looks like."
Posted inNews

Study finds Jews of color have been chronically undercounted

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 4, 2019June 22, 2020

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