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Volunteers from Jewish Family and Children's Services get ready to deliver groceries. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS)
Posted inOpinion

In pandemic crisis, Jewish community has all of our backs

by J. Editorial Board April 29, 2020April 29, 2020
An elderly man leaves a metro station in Rome, April 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Antonio Masiello-Getty Images)
Posted inSeniors

When did elderly people like me become disposable?

Paul Socken by Paul Socken April 28, 2020
Yossi Fendel with his wife Tamar Fendel and their children (from left to right) Shoshana, Ari and Amir in Skagway, Alaska (Photo/Yossi Fendel)
Posted inFirst Person

A brutal lesson of perseverance for our kids — and us, too

Yossi Fendel by Yossi Fendel April 22, 2020
Morgan Spector, center, as Herman Levin, and Zoe Kazan, right, as Bess Levin, in HBO's "The Plot Against America." (Photo/Michele K. Short-HBO)
Posted inTV & Film

I cover anti-Semitism on a daily basis. This is why ‘The Plot Against America’ is the scariest show I’ve ever seen.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 22, 2020
Placing stones on a headstone at a Jewish cemetery honors the deceased. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

What it’s like to officiate a funeral in New York right now

Rabbi Jonah Geffen by Rabbi Jonah Geffen April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
The San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living. (Photo/Courtesy SFCJL)
Posted inLetters

Putting our seniors at risk; most relevant Passover ever; BDS hypocrisy exposed

by J. Readers April 17, 2020
a seder plate with shank, egg, maror, haroset, parsley and and orange
Posted inPassover

Shankbone, matzah and maror had special significance this year

Ilana Cartun Tunca by Ilana Cartun Tunca April 16, 2020April 16, 2020
Part of the staff of J. The Jewish News of Northern California during a recent staff meeting on Zoom.
Posted inOpinion

In telling our stories, we are keeping our community together

by J. Editorial Board April 16, 2020April 17, 2020
Jeff Saperstein is the co-author of “The Interconnected Individual: Seizing Opportunity in the Era of AI, Platforms, Apps, and Global Exchanges.”
Posted inLocal Voice

Now is the perfect time for the global Jewish community to retool itself

Jeff Saperstein by Jeff Saperstein April 15, 2020April 15, 2020
The staff of the Jewish Bulletin (J.'s former name) in 1980: managing editor Geoffrey Fisher (top row, left), assistant editor Phil Bronstein (top row, second from right) and ad manager Charles Block (front row), with colleagues (clockwise, from top left) Brunhilda Sierra, Peggy Isaak, Mary Fong, Marjorie Glazer and Nancy Royfe.
Posted inOpinion

If Jewish newspapers disappear, the results would be devastating

Jonathan D. Sarna by Jonathan D. Sarna April 14, 2020

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