Bay Area
Senior homes reopen for visits after lonely year
Just over a year ago, Susan Cohen moved her 99-year-old mother, Abby, into the Reutlinger Community in Danville. It was a big day in more ways than one:…
U.S.
AJS president resigns over Steven Cohen meeting
Noam Pianko, the president of the Association of Jewish Studies has resigned after revealing that he met with Steven M. Cohen, the Jewish sociologist who…
Sports
Julian Edelman, Bay Area native and NFL star, announces retirement
Julian Edelman, the New England Patriots wide receiver and Redwood City native who has shown his Jewish pride on a number of occasions, will retire…
Religion
Jewish psychedelic movement takes flight
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, while some people were starting new hobbies, Rabbi Zac Kamenetz was starting a groundbreaking new organization, one he has…
U.S.
SCOTUS lifts California restrictions on at-home religious gatherings
The Supreme Court extended a string of decisions overturning pandemic restrictions on religious gatherings, ruling Friday night that California’s…
California
Proud Boy police officer is off the force, Fresno mayor says
The city of Fresno announced on Friday that Rick Fitzgerald, a police veteran on paid leave after photos of him dressed in a Proud Boys uniform surfaced…
History
Fifty years ago, a radical Jewish sit-in brought the S.F. Federation to a halt
They brought songbooks, prayerbooks, sleeping bags and Shabbat dinner. But this was no sleepover party. The university students who entered the San…
U.S.
Inside a quiet controversy over Judaism and Zionism at University of Iowa
When the University of Iowa student senate debated a bill to give special representation to Jews on campus, Nick Nachtman voted no. Other minority groups…
California
Elite U.S. military language school in Monterey drops Hebrew
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, the U.S. military’s elite language school in Monterey, is dropping Hebrew from its roster of…