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Danny Levin watches his granddaughter’s soccer game at Paul Goode Field in San Francisco in spring 2025. (Rachel Levin)
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Got an extra kidney? My dad needs one.

Rachel Levin (Courtesy) by Rachel Levin October 15, 2025October 16, 2025
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Proud of BBYO at 100. Israel’s messaging should be more positive.

by J. Readers October 6, 2025October 10, 2025
a vivid painting of a goat in the desert
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In America, Israel and Gaza today, it always feels like Yom Kippur

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 1, 2025October 3, 2025
Attendees of a Wilderness Torah gathering for Sukkot perform a version of the ancient Simchat Beit Hashoeivah ritual in 2022. (Julia Maryanska/Courtesy Wilderness Torah)
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After Oct. 7, Sukkot forces us to balance pain and celebration

by Zion Nadav September 30, 2025September 30, 2025
David A.M. Wilensky wishes everyone a Happy Hanukkah before going up to help light the giant Union Square menorah in San Francisco, Dec. 29, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Tylenol didn’t make me autistic — but autism made me a journalist

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 29, 2025September 30, 2025
Jewish Voice for Peace protesters wear face masks and hold signs in lobby of Sen. Alix Padilla's S.F. office
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Pressuring Padilla. Richmond Gaza resolution was fair. Etc.

by J. Readers September 17, 2025September 18, 2025
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Working with terminally ill patients is my ‘monastery’ 

Rabbi Darren Kleinberg by Rabbi Darren Kleinberg September 16, 2025September 17, 2025
Train tracks lead to main gate of Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1945
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When suffering becomes a competition, everyone loses

Rebecca Golbert by Rebecca L. Golbert September 10, 2025September 11, 2025
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Making our day schools affordable is key to sustaining Jewish life

Rabbi Joshua Ladon by Rabbi Joshua Ladon September 8, 2025September 8, 2025
SF rally for hostages
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Our UnXeptable rally in S.F. seeks war’s end, return of hostages, more aid for Gaza

Offir Gutelzon by Offir Gutelzon August 14, 2025August 19, 2025

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