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An obituary for Lewis Emanuel in our July 24, 1896 edition.
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Our special-needs adult children are not invisible — but the Jewish community doesn’t see them

Tobie Helene Shapiro by Tobie Helene Shapiro March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
Joseph Anuszewicz (second from left) receives the Cross of Valor for his service in World War II, August 1945.
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In Warsaw, I encountered a relative I never knew existed

Geri Spieler by Geri Spieler March 9, 2022
Bob Stein holds up the banner for recently formed Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in June 1979 during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. (Photo/Joe Altman-California Historical Society)
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An inside look at the history of Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco’s LGBTQ synagogue

Ron Lezell by Ron Lezell March 8, 2022March 8, 2022
Japanese American children being relocated to internment camps, 1942.
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Jewish values, a judge and Japanese American internment

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Why I’m in mourning for hope and democracy in Ukraine

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Sue Barnett in Rosh Hanikra, northern Israel, on her confirmation trip in 1975.
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A search for myself in our newly digitized archives kicks up the Jewish dust

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A protest on behalf of Soviet Jewry in front of the Soviet consulate in San Francisco captured in the Jewish Bulletin.
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J.’s digitized archives are a window into the unique ethos of Bay Area Jews

headshot of Fred Rosenbaum by Fred Rosenbaum February 16, 2022February 16, 2022
A sign and posts marking the white and "all races" areas of a beach in South Africa in 1982. (Photo/United Nations)
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As a South African Jew, I know Amnesty’s ‘apartheid’ label for Israel is absurd

Mervyn Danker by Mervyn Danker February 9, 2022February 15, 2022

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