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A Passover seder in 2019. (Photo/JTA-Creative Touch Imagine Ltd/Nurphoto)
Posted inReligion

New CDC guidelines could make a family Passover possible

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward March 9, 2021
A Covid-19 restriction sign hangs outside of an H-E-B supermarket in Austin, Texas, March 3, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Montinique Monroe/-etty Images)
Posted inPassover

One Dallas kosher grocer removed the mask requirement. Then came the backlash.

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 9, 2021
Nurse Manager Teri Grados receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine from Mary Ann Salinas at San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, Dec. 21, 2020. (Gabriel Greschler/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

From Los Altos, she tracks vaccination volunteer slots across the country

by Patricia Corrigan March 9, 2021March 8, 2021
Entrance to San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inSeniors

Layoffs at SF Jewish senior home, as Covid retreats

by Gabriel Greschler March 8, 2021March 22, 2021
School buses in Boston lined up on the first day of school in 2014. (Photo/JTA-David L Ryan-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

Where Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of school, districts wrestle with whether to change their plans

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 8, 2021
Rabbi Jason Rodich at the entrance to Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, which has long used metal detectors and unarmed guards to screen people coming into the building. (Photo/Sue Barnett)
Posted inNews

Applications open for security grants as Jewish Caucus urges more funding

by Gabriel Greschler March 8, 2021March 17, 2021
People eat at the Hamotzi restaurant in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2021, after Israel reopened restaurants, bars and cafes to those who have been vaccinated. (Photo/JTA-Menahem Kahana-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

With 41% of the country vaccinated, Israel begins reopening

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 8, 2021March 8, 2021
The T-shirts sport imagery such as a Waffen SS symbol; one that uses the Adidas logo, but with "Adolf" instead of "Adidas"; and a "Viva Il Duce" design with a portrait of WWII-era Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. (Photo/Screenshot)
Posted inNorthern California

Notorious Petaluma antisemite is now in the Hitler T-shirt business

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 5, 2021March 5, 2021
San Jose Hotel engineering manager Rocky Ontiveros, 60, wears a Texas mask on March 3, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo/JTA-Montinique Monroe-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish conservatives plan ‘mask-burning’ party to celebrate end of Texas mandate

by Andrew Lapin and JTA March 5, 2021March 5, 2021
Most of the staff of J. The Jewish News of Northern California during a recent Zoom meeting (clockwise from top left): graphic artist Steve Romero, digital editor David A.M. Wilensky, office manager Diane Spagnoli, senior accountant Jackie Deng, development director Allison Green, editorial assistant Rebecca D. Landau, digital technology director Antonio R. Marquez, culture editor Laura Paull, staff writer Gabriel Greschler, news editor Gabe Stutman, staff writer Maya Mirsky, publisher Steven Gellman, editor Sue Fishkoff, advertising account exec Nancy Cohen, graphic artist Michelle Palmer and advertising account exec Meryl Sokoler.
Posted inNews

J. selected for invitation-only Jewish media fellowship

by J. Staff March 5, 2021March 8, 2021

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