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Susan Aronovsky visits with her 94-year-old father, Albert Stark, at the S.F. Campus for Jewish Living on March 29. (Photo/Camille Cohen)

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:…
By Gabriel Greschler Apr 13, 2021
A sign from a protest against sexual harassment in the workplace in Chicago, Sept. 18, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Joshua Lott-AFP via Getty Images)

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…
By Shira Hanau, JTA Apr 13, 2021
New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Pats 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams during Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. (Photo/JTA-Al Bello-Getty Images)

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…
By Marc Brodsky, JTA Apr 13, 2021
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz is one of the organizers of the first ever Jewish Psychedelic Summit. (Photo/file; Background/Courtesy Shefa-Shannon Levin)

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…
By David A.M. Wilensky Apr 12, 2021
the supreme court under a blue sky, flag waving

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…
By Shira Hanau, JTA Apr 12, 2021
Photos posted on social media show former Fresno police officer Rick Fitzgerald attending rallies with the Proud Boys. (Photos/Twitter)

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…
By Gabe Stutman Apr 9, 2021
A group of young Bay Area Jews, many of whom were involved with the sit-in, pose as "chalutzim" at UC Berkeley in the '70s. Standing (from left): Elaine Schlackman, David De Nola, Marcie Lincoff, David Lichtenstein, Arnie Druck, Jack Morgenstein,
Buddy Timberg, Judy Timberg and Shaul Osadchy. Seated/kneeling (from left): David Biale, Jane Rubin, Miri Gold, Bradley Burston, Ken Bob and the Timbergs' dog.

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…
By Liz Harris Apr 8, 2021
A view of the University of Iowa campus (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia Commons)

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…
By Ben Sales, JTA Apr 8, 2021
Middle East School II, one of the several schools located at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, in Monterey, Aug. 6, 2002. (Photo/JTA-Kim Kulish-Corbis via Getty Images)

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…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Apr 8, 2021
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