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Alina Sivorinovsky, who writes under the pen name Alina Adams, is the author of "My Mother's Secret," which is set in Birobidzhan, the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region.
Posted inBooks

Eat, Pray, Oy Vey: Decision to pull Elizabeth Gilbert’s Russia-set book worries Jewish writers

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 16, 2023June 19, 2023
Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park (Photo/Flickr-Patrick G CC)
Posted inNews

These are the 12 names in the running to replace Stow Lake

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher June 15, 2023June 20, 2023
Meira Academy is housed at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Photo/meiraacademy.org)
Posted inBay Area

Facing low enrollment, the Bay Area’s only all-girls Orthodox school will close next year

by Dan Pine June 14, 2023
Walking through Jerusalem's Old City shuk in May are (from left) Mila Lazarevsky, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Noelle Bonner and Meron Foster. (Photo/Dan Garon)
Posted inUncategorized

What I learned about San Francisco from visiting Israel with Mayor Breed

David Kaufman by David Kaufman June 14, 2023
The author's Zumba instructor, Asya Deliahmedova, dancing at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Photo/Instagram @asinka82)
Posted inAct Two

True confessions of a lifelong klutz now hooked on Zumba

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent June 14, 2023June 14, 2023
Milton Zerman accepting the AJC Sharon Greene Award for Campus Advocacy on behalf of a group of Berkeley Law students in Tel Aviv, June 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy of AJC)
Posted inNews

In Tel Aviv, Berkeley Law students cheered for fighting antisemitism

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 13, 2023August 24, 2023
a row of small trans flags along a curb
Posted inOpinion

Rainbow flags are not enough against deluge of anti-LGBTQ+ hate

Tyler Gregory by Tye Gregory June 13, 2023June 14, 2023
Middle-aged woman wearing glasses.
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Stanford to ‘enhance belonging’ for Jews after antisemitic incidents

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 12, 2023June 16, 2023
Josh Young as Shlomo Carlebach in the 2018 Jerusalem production of "Soul Doctor." A movie version will be screened in theaters on June 13.
Posted inCulture

Planned screening of ‘Soul Doctor’ film about Shlomo Carlebach sparks outrage

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 9, 2023June 21, 2023
Ari'el Stachel rehearses his one-man show. (Photo/Muriel Steinke)
Posted inTheater

Tony winner Ari’el Stachel comes home to Berkeley to premiere deeply personal one-man show

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 9, 2023July 10, 2025

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