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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash 90)
Posted inNews

Netanyahu to meet with Elon Musk in San Francisco next week, report says

by Jacob Kornbluh September 11, 2023
Rabbi Alan Lew, right, tells story of how he and Norman Fischer (left) got accidentally drunk one time, as Fischer tries to make him shut up, Nov. 1995. (Photo/Phil Head)
Posted inReligion

How a book by San Francisco’s ‘Zen Rabbi’ became a High Holidays classic

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 10, 2023September 11, 2023
Big crowd at a vigil for Pittsburgh shooting victims the day after the attack (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inBay Area

Los Altos Hills synagogue evacuated after Shabbat services

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett September 9, 2023
An antisemitic incident at Delta High School in Clarksburg went viral after a social media post called attention to administrative inaction. (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inCalifornia

Sacramento area schools see rash of antisemitic displays

by J. Staff September 8, 2023
Oakland City Council Member Treva Reid (right) speaking at the presentation of grants to Oakland-based nonprofits MISSSEY and Oakland Genesis by Israeli Consul General  Marco Sermoneta (second rom right), Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy Consulate)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Israeli consulate grants $10,000 to youth-focused nonprofits in Oakland

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 7, 2023September 7, 2023
Braided challah from Market Hall in Oakland and Berkeley.
Posted inJewish Life

Where to buy round challah, honey cake and more for Rosh Hashanah

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 7, 2023December 20, 2023
"Kantika" by Elizabeth Graver is the next One Bay One Book pick. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inBooks

Jewish library picks ‘Kantika,’ novel about Sephardic immigrants, for annual book group

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 7, 2023January 26, 2024
A man stands smiling, holding a guitar and wearing a talit
Posted inNews

Moving from Modesto, new rabbi in Petaluma wants to put shul on the ‘cool’ map

by Eric Schucht September 6, 2023September 7, 2023
Wilderness Torah's 2022 Rosh Hashanah seder at Green Valley Farms. (Photo/Julia Maryanska for Wilderness Torah)
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Earth-based groups embrace the Sephardic Rosh Hashanah seder this year

by Dan Pine September 5, 2023September 6, 2023
A young girl blows a shofar outside
Posted inKids & Family

How to create sweet memories with your kids this Rosh Hashanah

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

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