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Posted inBooks

Q&A: All Jews go to hell in Oakland writer’s ‘irreligious’ novel

by Sue Fishkoff June 28, 2023June 29, 2023
(From left) Chef Arnon Oren, general manager Ashley Emery and chef Ross Kaplan of Sailing Goat at Point San Pablo Harbor. (Photo/Courtesy Sailing Goat)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Sailing Goat restaurant anchors an offbeat East Bay harbor 

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 27, 2023July 5, 2023
The weekly "Shabbat stroll" at Camp Tawonga in 2022. (Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inU.S.

At Jewish sleepaway camps this summer, bunks and bathrooms accommodate any gender identity

Louis Keene by Louis Keene June 27, 2023
Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz poses holding a copy of "Fragmented"
Posted inHealth

Stanford doc’s new book sounds alarm about ‘fragmented’ medical care

by Dr. Jerry Saliman June 27, 2023June 27, 2023
In a year when trans people are facing extreme legislative attacks in many states, some members of the Jewish contingent at the San Francisco Pride Parade carried signs reading "Trans Jews belong here," June 25, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inJewish Life

PHOTOS: ‘Trans Jews belong here’ — Jews show their S.F. Pride

by J. Staff June 26, 2023June 27, 2023
Chel Mandell (left) leads a TzimTzum Shabbat in Santa Cruz. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inNorthern California

Queer group in Santa Cruz celebrates Judaism ‘in their own light’

by Naomi Friedland June 26, 2023June 27, 2023
The 1998 vow renewal of Cora Latz (left) and Etta Perkins at the Jewish Home for the Aged in San Francisco is one of many moments now memorialized in the GLBT Historical Society's new digital archive of LGBTQ Jewish history. (Photo/Courtesy GLBT Historical Society-Jewish LGBTQ Voices and Activism Source Set)
Posted inNews

From personal to profound, new digital archive traces queer Jewish history

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 23, 2023June 26, 2023
The pastrami at Ethel's is made from Wagyu beef, cured in an original spice blend, and the pickles are house-made. (Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

New deli and bagel joint in Petaluma is an homage to grandma Ethel

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 23, 2023June 27, 2023
Dina Angel-Wing's sculpture honoring Gilbert Baker (the figure on the left), who designed the LGBTQ rainbow flag. (Photo/Frank Wing)
Posted inCulture

Local Israeli sculptor seeks home for piece honoring ‘gay Betsy Ross’

by Dan Pine June 22, 2023November 9, 2023
pride marchers carry lgbt pride flags with stars of david on them
Posted inJewish Life

Jewish events to check out this San Francisco Pride weekend

by J. Staff June 22, 2023June 22, 2023

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