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Hamantaschen at Saul’s Deli in Berkeley. ( (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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UPDATED: Hamantaschen and beyond: Where to find Purim pastries around the Bay Area

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 4, 2025February 13, 2026
Joanne Greene and husband Fred with their granddaughter on Purim in 2022.
Posted inPurim

Party like it’s 5785: Where to celebrate Purim around the Bay Area

by J. Staff March 4, 2025March 12, 2025
an exterior wall says "Jerusalem Coffee House: Arts and Wellness Cafe"
Posted inBay Area

Two lawsuits allege Oakland coffee shop discriminated against Jews

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 3, 2025March 3, 2025
Screenshot from "'Ask Me': What LGBTQ Students Want Their Professors to Know," a video produced by a nonprofit called Campus Pride in collaboration with the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Posted inBay Area

Marin school district apologizes for video with Leila Khaled T-shirt

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 28, 2025March 1, 2025
Israeli army forces stand outside a house that was hit by rockets fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon in the northern Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona on Nov. 26, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Takeaways from IDF’s newly released report about Oct. 7

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 28, 2025March 3, 2025
Syrian Rabbi Yousef Hamra and accompanying Jews visit the Frenc and Raki churches, the Maimonides Jewish School and the Jobar Synagogue, which was largely destroyed during the civil war, in the historic districts of Damascus, Syria on February 18, 2025. Yousef Hamra, who was forcibly migrated from Syria in 1992, arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus after 33 years. (Bakr Al Kasem/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

How a small delegation of US Jews got to Syria for the first time in decades

by Andrew Lapin February 28, 2025February 28, 2025
Chai Cycle, a group of local Jews who bike around the Bay Area and break for learning Torah and Talmud, put their branded water bottles together outside the Orinda BART Station on Feb. 23, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Tour de Torah? East Bay Jewish cycling group looks to expand its radius

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi February 27, 2025February 27, 2025
Music Director Lahav Shani conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. (Shai Skiff)
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Israel Philharmonic to return to San Francisco with deeply personal program 

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert February 27, 2025March 3, 2025
Posted inWorld

Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov February 27, 2025February 27, 2025
Four slain hostages
Posted inIsrael

Without its earlier theatrics, Hamas returns bodies of four more hostages

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

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