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Daniel Lurie (Photo/Courtesy)
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Could San Francisco elect (another) Jewish mayor?

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 27, 2023November 8, 2024
An electric car charges in a station. (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inReligion

Conservative rabbis endorse use of electric cars on Shabbat, but divisions over driving remain

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg July 27, 2023
Private First Class Richard Barancik joined the "Monuments Men" in 1945; after the war, he became a prolific architect in Chicago. (Photos/Monuments Men and Women Foundation; Dignity Memorial)
Posted inObituaries

Richard Barancik, last of the ‘Monuments Men’ who recovered art and treasure looted by the Nazis, dies at 98

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 27, 2023
Left: "The Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867. Right: US Navy photo by Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl.
Posted inOpinion

I lost my family home in a fire. Tisha B’Av is a chance to mourn many losses.

Samantha Grant (Photo/Sarah Deragon) by Samantha Grant July 26, 2023July 26, 2023
Israeli expats from around the Bay Area, joined by some American Jewish supporters, protested outside the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, July 25, 2023, the day after the Knesset passed the first law in a series of planned laws that will drastically reduce the powers of the country's Supreme Court. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Expats excoriate judicial overhaul in front of Israeli Consulate in S.F.

by J. Staff July 25, 2023July 26, 2023
Larry Griffin protesting at the “Disrupt Inequality Rally” alongside local members of local labor unions in front of San Francisco City Hall. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
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Larry Griffin, S.F. civic and labor leader, was a ‘mensch’s mensch’

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 25, 2023
Offir Gutelzon holds up a microphone while Rabbi Michael Walden blows a shofar at a protest in July 2023. (Photo/Courtesy UnXeptable)
Posted inNews

In Silicon Valley, Israeli expats and US Jews join global protests over Israeli judicial overhaul

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 24, 2023July 25, 2023
(From left) Fabiana Santiago, Alice Wells, Brandon Graham, Juan Magacho, Jess DeFranco and Claire Fisher perform Alyssa Mitchel's "Regard." (Photo/Eric Raeber)
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Inspired by Buber, this choreographer is transforming a CJM gallery with a dance experiment

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert July 21, 2023August 24, 2023
“Remembering Gene Wilder” was the opening film of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater, July 20, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFilm

PHOTOS: Applause for Gene Wilder and Hollywood strikes at SFJFF opening night

by J. Staff July 21, 2023July 21, 2023
Director Susan Stern and her daughter Nora playing with Barbies around the time "Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour" came out 25 years ago. (Photo/Courtesy Stern)
Posted inLocal Voice

When I made a Barbie movie 25 years ago, I didn’t realize she (and I) were in a closet

Susan Stern by Susan Stern July 21, 2023July 21, 2023

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