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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)
Posted inFirst Person

Tylenol didn’t make me autistic — but autism made me a journalist

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 29, 2025September 30, 2025
Trump signs a piece of paper on his desk
Posted inOpinion

Trump is finally right about something in the Middle East

by Dan Perry September 26, 2025September 26, 2025
Close-up of a hand holding a smartphone displaying various social media app icons on a dark background.
Posted inOpinion

Why the quest to go viral rewards hate and outrage 

Danielle Sobkin (Courtesy) by Danielle Sobkin September 19, 2025September 19, 2025
Israel's landscape
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s central covenant with Jews is in peril like never before

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman September 18, 2025September 18, 2025
Interior of a temple
Posted inFirst Person

Pleading with God, pleading with Social Security

by Judah Sussman September 17, 2025September 17, 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
Promotional image from "The Last Face" film
Posted inOpinion

Hollywood’s boycott of Israeli filmmakers is an act of spectacular self-sabotage

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman September 16, 2025September 16, 2025
Close-up of a patient's hand with intravenous therapy and pulse oximeter
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Working with terminally ill patients is my ‘monastery’ 

Rabbi Darren Kleinberg by Rabbi Darren Kleinberg September 16, 2025September 17, 2025
San Francisco Police vehicles block the Embarcadero during a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco, on June 8, 2025. The protest was called after President Donald Trump mobilized 2000 members of the California National Guard to quell protests in Los Angeles. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOpinion

He showed America the Third Reich — what would he think of us now?

by Terrence Petty September 15, 2025September 15, 2025
A pattern of many guns on a blue background.
Posted inOpinion

Hate is rising. But guns make Jews less safe, not more secure.

by Rebecca Fischer September 11, 2025September 11, 2025

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