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Thomas Poretsky in his racecar with his parents, Mary and Solomon, at Elko Speedway. (Photo/TC Jewfolk-Lonny Goldsmith)
Posted inNorthern California

Thomas Poretsky, 10, races in a car decked out in Israeli and Native American flags

by Lonny Goldsmith July 21, 2023
Executive Director Rabbi Matt Rosenberg in the dinning room at the Albert Einstein Residence Center in Sacramento, July 12, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Sacramento Jewish community selling its low-income senior housing as Jewish population dwindles

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 20, 2023January 7, 2026
Zack Gelof at bat during one of his first games for the Oakland A's. (Photo/Courtesy Oakland A's)
Posted inSports

Zack Gelof is realizing a ‘lifelong dream’ as a second baseman for the Oakland A’s

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher July 19, 2023July 19, 2023
Rabbi Faryn Borella poses for a portrait at Or Shalom’s new space in Bernal Heights in San Francisco on July 14, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Fresh face at Or Shalom: S.F.’s only Reconstructionist synagogue welcomes new rabbi

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 18, 2023July 19, 2023
Rabbi Mona Alfi and Cantor Julie Steinberg saying the blessing over bread at a Shabbat dinner their synagogue hosted for members and migrants sent to Sacramento by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Photo/Courtesy B'nai Israel)
Posted inLetters

Sacramento Jews are ‘the helpers’; You’re never too old for Zumba; Etc.

by J. Readers July 18, 2023July 18, 2023
Protesters dressed as oppressed women from the TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" at a protest against the Netanyahu government's proposed judicial reforms outside of the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, July 13, 2023. (Courtesy UnXeptable)
Posted inOur Crowd

Honors, happenings, comings & goings — July 2023

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 18, 2023July 19, 2023
Rabbi Tamar Manasseh speaks at her ordination at Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago, July 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Rothschild)
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Rabbi on the Block,’ meet the first woman to become a Hebrew Israelite rabbi

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 17, 2023February 15, 2024
Zack Gelof in A's green. (Photo/Twitter)
Posted inSports

Oakland A’s call up Zack Gelof, 18th Jewish MLB player this season

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis July 14, 2023July 17, 2023
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival co-directors Deborah Kaufman and Janis Plotkin in 1991 on the balcony of the Castro Theatre. (Photo/File)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Wilder, Abzug, Vishniac: How we covered S.F. Jewish Film Fest headliners over the years

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 14, 2023July 14, 2023
A common globe thistle blooms near barbed wire at Gamla, in northern Israel. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inLocal Voice

Israel’s contradictions are more obvious than ever — and that’s OK

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner July 14, 2023July 18, 2023

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