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Berkeley mayor rejects calls for pro-Palestinian resolution, for now

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 29, 2023November 29, 2023
Akiva and Chava Hart and their six children converted to Judaism on Nov. 5, 2023. Then the married couple got married again in a Jewish ceremony. (Photo/Levi Lehman)
Posted inTV & Film

‘House of Lev’: A former hip hop dancer and a makeup artist document their new Orthodox life online

Debra Nussbaum Cohen by Debra Nussbaum Cohen November 29, 2023November 29, 2023
A happy kid at a menorah making workshop in Contra Costa County. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad of Contra Costa)
Posted inJewish Life

Hanukkah events around the Bay Area for every age

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 29, 2023December 4, 2023
Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area CEO Tye Gregory (far left) sits in the Oakland City Council chambers near supporters of a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, Nov. 27, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Oakland City Council OKs cease-fire measure after hours of vitriol

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein November 28, 2023November 28, 2023
A Jewish student holds up an Israeli flag in front of a student holding up a Palestinian flag on the edge of a pro-Israel rally at UC Berkeley, Oct. 10, 2023. (Photo/Ben Weiss-Ishai)
Posted inBay Area

UC Berkeley hit with lawsuit alleging it has not done enough to protect Jewish students

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 28, 2023November 28, 2023
Oren Rubinstein, whose cousins Shiri and Noga Weiss have been released from Hamas captivity, stands in front of San Francisco City Hall holding a poster he printed in Spanish with information about Mexican nationals who were taken as hostages in the Oct. 7 attack. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
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‘They may heal someday’: Pacifica man’s cousins are among hostages released in Israel-Hamas truce

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 27, 2023
a man handles a pizza with steam visibly rising from it
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Award-winning pizza maker at Oakland’s Acre Kitchen hasn’t strayed far from his roots

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 27, 2023April 21, 2025
A classroom at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto in 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Sanchez)
Posted inLocal Voice

How should Jewish educators handle the Israel-Hamas war in their classrooms?

by Hanan Alexander and Benji Davis November 27, 2023
protesters walk down a street holding a large banner that reads "ceasefire now!" many are carrying palestinian flags.
Posted inEducation

San Francisco teachers union says Gaza war harms ‘well-being of Palestinian students’ 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 27, 2023December 4, 2023
Herbert Gold at home in August of 2021. (Photo/George Barahona)
Posted inObituaries

Herbert Gold, San Francisco novelist who mined his own Jewish upbringing, dies at 99

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 27, 2023

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