• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

Religion

A man wears a hat that says "Make America Pray Again"
Posted inPolitics

What Christian nationalism has in store for Jews and other religious minorities

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev November 5, 2024November 5, 2024
Three women stand talking near a circular piece of art made of Hebrew letters
Posted inOpinion

Why I’m rewriting the Torah with women at the center

by Yael Kanarek October 31, 2024November 1, 2024
"Noah's Ark" (1846) by Edward Hicks
Posted inTorah

Is it possible that Noah was all ark and no might?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 31, 2024October 31, 2024
(JTA illustration)
Posted inOpinion

Why I wrote a prayer to be said on the Shabbat before Election Day

David Zvi Kalman by David Zvi Kalman October 31, 2024October 31, 2024
a man with a mustache and beard grins menacingly as he holds up a skull inscribed all over with letters and numbers
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: Founder of Center for Monster Studies isn’t scared when the lights go down

by Sue Fishkoff October 30, 2024October 31, 2024
Our Oct. 14, 2016 cover story was about a pair of California etrog growers.
Posted inFrom the Archives

What’s up with the etrog? How this inedible citrus entered Jewish life

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 21, 2024January 27, 2025
a timelapse photo shows blurs of people circling a bimah carrying Torahs as a guitar player stands in the center
Posted inReligion

Silent dancing on Simchat Torah? A joyous Jewish holiday is remade for a mournful anniversary.

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and Deborah Danan October 21, 2024October 21, 2024
the outline of a person hunched over in grief is filled with a photo of a man dancing with a Torah
Posted inOpinion

How to celebrate Simchat Torah when our hearts are weighed down by grief

headshot of Rabbi Elie Kaunfer by Rabbi Elie Kaunfer October 21, 2024October 21, 2024
a man smiles as he gazes up at the rafters of an unusually angled sukkah
Posted inBay Area

Three design teams erect unique sukkahs for competition at Urban Adamah

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi October 16, 2024October 18, 2024
Dinner in Cantor David Frommer’s sukkah in his San Francsico home, Oct. 10, 2017. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inTorah

This year, we need more than a sukkah to protect us

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 16, 2024October 16, 2024

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 139 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
Updated: 21 great Jewish podcasts — Israel, Torah and identity in depth
A Muslim teen reacts to a Jewish leader’s memorial service
Despite budget pressure, California commits to $80M a year for synagogue, nonprofit security 
Jewish leaders rally in Scott Wiener’s defense over harassment
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack