First Person My phone went missing on Rosh Hashanah — and it was awesome This year on Rosh Hashanah, my day began as usual. I woke to my alarm, got myself and the kids fed and dressed, and piled everybody into the car about 10… By Samantha Grant Nov 8, 2022
Local Voice So a lake in S.F. is named for an old-timey antisemite. Who cares? Stow Lake in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is an urban oasis, a bucolic spot for walks, pedal-boating and picnicking. It’s a great place to have a… By Jonathan Harris Nov 7, 2022
First Person Why I left San Francisco to write my family’s story in Israel The final chapter of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s 1984 collection, “Stories for Children,” is titled “Are Children the Ultimate Literary Critics?” In this… By Jonathan Esensten Nov 2, 2022
Opinion 5783 is shaping up to be a great year for Jewish stamp collectors On Oct. 20, the United States Postal Service released a new Hanukkah stamp. And USPS recently announced its 2023 slate of stamps, which will include a… By Paul Golin Nov 1, 2022
Local Voice We’re Berkeley freshmen and we’re here to stop climate change As two freshmen STEM majors in the College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley, we spend a lot of time thinking about the future: the future of the… By Anabelle Sebbag, Sophie Berman Oct 31, 2022
Seniors Life expectancy in the U.S. is falling. Can religion help you live longer? First the bad news: In 2021, life expectancy in the U.S. dropped for the second year in a row, falling from 77.0 to 76.1 years, according to the CDC.… By Dr. Jerry Saliman Oct 31, 2022
First Person An 89-year-old survivor reflects on his ‘different’ life How am I different? For I am indeed different. And yet, I always strove not to be different, but I always was. Am I still? When my parents and I smuggled… By Paul Schwarzbart Oct 28, 2022
Act Two Who is that stranger in the mirror? It’s me at 80. When I applied for my Real ID driver’s license recently, I listed my hair color as gray and my height as 5 feet. I am no longer 5-foot-1, my hair is no… By Janet Silver Ghent Oct 27, 2022
Letters Jewish Cal parent weighs in on Berkeley Law; etc. In a fog at UC Berkeley Professors Ron Hassner and Ethan Katz, heads of research centers funded by the Jewish community, professed happiness that “only”… By J. Readers Oct 27, 2022