• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

First Person

Can one really "live long AND prosper," as Spock said? He lived to be 161! (Photo/CBS)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

On a good day, living to 100 sounds wonderful. On a bad day — don’t ask

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz February 7, 2024February 7, 2024
Israel Defense Forces soldiers operate in Gaza, Nov. 2, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
Posted inOpinion

Families of IDF soldiers live with one big fear — and countless small ones

Michele Chabin (Photo/Courtesy) by Michele Chabin January 10, 2024January 10, 2024
Big crowd at a vigil for Pittsburgh shooting victims the day after the attack (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inFirst Person

Despite a bomb threat at my Bay Area synagogue, I still feel safer among my fellow Jews

Natalie Bivas by Natalie Bivas January 9, 2024
A sea of signs demanding the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza at the March for Israel in Washington, Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JCRC Bay Area)
Posted inOpinion

After Oct. 7, I finally understand what my mom was trying to tell me

by Melissa Freed Cohen December 29, 2023January 3, 2024
(Photo/Pixy.org CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Posted inColumns

I packed away Christmas 35 years ago, but I still bring holiday joy to others

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent December 21, 2023December 21, 2023
Rabbi Yonatan Cohen (right) attended the March for Israel in Washington along with his sons and a delegation of 18 members of his synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel of Berkeley, Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy Cohen)
Posted inOpinion

‘We are not alone’: I joined this week’s March for Israel in my nephew’s memory

by Rabbi Yonatan Cohen November 15, 2023November 15, 2023
Palestinian families pack up their belongings and dismantle their homes in the West Bank village of Khirbet Zanuta after repeated instances of Israeli settler violence and harassment, Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Marcus Yam-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I was the victim of settler violence in the West Bank. Looking away from it will endanger all of us.

Sam Stein by Sam Stein November 6, 2023
Inset: Nitza Agam in 1973 (Photo/Courtesy Agam). Background: Israeli tanks cruise through the desert during the Yom Kippur War. (Photo/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
Posted inFirst Person

It took 50 years to process the last loss. I don’t have another 50.

Nitza Agam (Photo/Courtesy Agam) by Nitza Agam November 3, 2023November 8, 2023
Mourners put their arms around each other during a mass vigil for Israelis and Palestinians killed in Hamas killings and Israeli bombardment. San Francisco, Oct. 10, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inFirst Person

Jewish-Arab partnerships like ours now face their greatest test

by Kher Albaz and Ilan Amit October 30, 2023October 30, 2023
Rabbi Jonathan Singer shows a Torah to some of his younger congregants at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco in 2017. (Photo/file)
Posted inLocal Voice

Support your local rabbis. They need it now more than ever.

Rabbi Jill Zimmerman by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman October 26, 2023October 27, 2023

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 55 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
Remembering the rabbis who comforted gay Jews at the height of the AIDS crisis
Berkeley’s Beth Israel celebrates two decades of rabbi’s leadership
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 lineup: 65 films and an award for Rachel Bloom
5 synagogues step up to the plate in BATS — the Bay Area Torah Softball league
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack