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Ten-year old Naftali at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland before the Kol Nidrei service. (Photo/Forward-Kyla Kupferstein Torres)
Posted inOpinion

When my son wanted to go to synagogue, I worried…. what if he likes it?

by Kyla Kupferstein Torres September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
Elon Musk in Berlin, Mar. 22, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Patrick Pleul-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

‘My life story is pro-semitic’ Elon Musk’s: conservative Jewish allies defend him from antisemitism allegations

Ben Samuels by Ben Samuels September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
Decorating the sukkah (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
Posted inUncategorized

Don’t cram Judaism into one day a year — come back for Sukkot

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin announces changes to the board's remote public comment policy after cutting off an antisemitic and racist caller, Sept. 26, 2023. (Screenshot)
Posted inBay Area

After being derailed by antisemitic rants, S.F. Board of Supes may change rules on remote public comments

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
An architectural rendering of IKAR's planned synagogue building and affordable housing (the taller structure at right) in West L.A. (Illustration/Bestor Architecture-Courtesy IKAR)
Posted inLocal Voice

My synagogue is building affordable housing — and yours can, too

Brooke Wirtschafter by Brooke Wirtschafter September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, who is celebrating 50 years in the rabbinate this month, speaks at the Interfaith Challenge to Protest Curfew in New York in 2015. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Gottlieb)
Posted inOpinion

After 50 years, pioneering female rabbi is still practicing peace — and protesting

Robin Washington by Robin Washington September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
UC Berkeley students enjoy kosher pizzas at the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center, Sept. 2023. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad)
Posted inNews

Shellfish dump at Cal frat leads to kosher awareness event

by Ellen Braunstein September 26, 2023
Daniel Lurie, who filed this week to run for mayor of San Francisco, was chair of the host committee for Super Bowl 50. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inNews

Daniel Lurie, S.F. Jewish philanthropist, files to run against Mayor London Breed

by J. Staff September 22, 2023November 8, 2024
Groundbreaking on the current home of Congregation B'nai Israel in Sacramento, which was dedicated in 1954. (Photo/File)
Posted inUncategorized

Here’s to the next 175 years of Jewish life in California

Rabbi Mendy Cohen by Rabbi Mendy Cohen September 22, 2023September 26, 2023
A Mother's Day celebration for Afghan families hosted by JFCS East Bay in 2011. (Courtesy JFCS East Bay)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

How local Jewish orgs are helping Ukrainian and Afghan refugees find jobs

by Ryan Torok September 21, 2023September 22, 2023

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