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Kate O’Bannon volunteers in McCoppin Park during San Francisco’s One City Day on July 11. (Courtesy)

Four years in, San Francisco isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It’s better.

by Kate O’Bannon July 17, 2026July 17, 2026

I moved to San Francisco four years ago this week. Friends and family were worried. They’d been reading the headlines about the city since the pandemic and couldn’t understand why […]

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna speaks at the Jewish Democratic Council of America’s 2024 Leadership Summit. (JDCA CC BY 2.0)

Local Voice

The real outrage of Rep. Ro Khanna’s West Bank visit

by Ben Linder July 17, 2026July 17, 2026

A pile of books with blue covers on a white background, symbolizing education and knowledge.

Local Voice

I gathered the data on Jewish fiction publishing. The trends are alarming.

by Meg Keene July 16, 2026July 16, 2026

A “Teach Palestine” banner and T-shirts are strung from a fence and strewn on the ground as Berkeley High School students rally in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center park after they walked out of class to protest Israel's conduct in Gaza, Jan. 27, 2026. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)

Local Voice

Time to rethink ‘social justice’ at Berkeley High — and in all classrooms

by Mark Brilliant July 15, 2026July 15, 2026

Mickey Gitzin, right, and Daniel Sokatch take part in a pro-democracy demonstration in Tel Aviv, part of a wave of protests that engulfed the country after the government proposed a judicial branch overhaul in early 2023. (Courtesy NIF)

Politics

New Israel Fund decries House investigation over alleged Israeli election spending

by Grace Gilson July 14, 2026July 14, 2026

Shoshana Klein has been cooking since she was a high school Grateful Dead fan. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Organic Epicure

From Dead concerts to b’nai mitzvahs: This Jewish caterer keeps rolling

by Alix Wall July 13, 2026July 13, 2026

A woman holds a combination American-Israeli flags during Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee Of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving on the National Mall on May 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

U.S.

Americans’ views of Israelis have grown more negative, survey finds

by Grace Gilson July 10, 2026July 10, 2026

Maccabi Sports Camp campers play against the Brandeis School of Marin in a basketball game at halftime during the Golden State Warriors’ Jewish Heritage Night in San Francisco in December 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Bay Area

Maccabi Sports Camp will move to Colorado after a dozen years in Bay Area

by Niva Ashkenazi June 30, 2026July 1, 2026

2023 Covenant Solomon Lot 70 by Covenant Wines is the first kosher wine to earn a perfect 100 from a major wine publication. (Courtesy)

Food

Berkeley wine earns first-ever perfect 100-point rating for a kosher vintage

by Lea Loeb June 25, 2026June 25, 2026

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urges lawmakers to reject the Iran nuclear deal during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol, March 3, 2015. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Opinion

I helped sell Obama’s Iran deal. Its critics owe us all an explanation.

by Steve Rabinowitz June 24, 2026June 24, 2026