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Darrell Steinberg at Sac Gives Back, a weekend of community service created by his office, in December of 2016. (Photo/Roderick Cooney Photography)
Posted inNorthern California

Darrell Steinberg, Sacramento’s popular Jewish mayor, is ready for a different challenge

by Dan Pine June 2, 2023June 6, 2023
Paul Canin, a retired architect and World War II veteran, at his floating home in the Berkeley Marina, May 11, 2023. This article was produced in partnership with Berkeleyside, which provided the photos. (Photo/Ximena Natera-Berkeleyside-CatchLight)
Posted inCulture

At 100 and 92, this couple lives in a floating art-filled home on the Berkeley Marina

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 2, 2023April 24, 2024
Collin Doran stands outside his Homemade Cafe in Berkeley. The Stars of David in the mural are made of bacon strips. (Photo/Charlotte Doran)
Posted inJewish Life

With a $5 ask, Homemade Cafe fights hunger on Berkeley’s streets

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 1, 2023June 8, 2023
Jewish leaders and other Sacramento leaders gathered at a press conference to denounce antisemitism, May 30, 2023. (Photo/Diane Weber)
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento leaders denounce antisemitism after chaotic city council meetings

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 31, 2023
University of San Francisco in Nov. 2022. (Photo/Flickr-Michael Fraley CC BY 2.0)
Posted inEducation

Want be a ‘JEDI’? USF to offer first grad program in Jewish studies and social justice

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 31, 2023
A house on 22nd Avenue in the Sunset District of San Francisco exploded and collapsed on Feb. 9, 2023; the yellow house next door was rented by members at Congregation Adath Israel, who lost everything. (Photo/Sue Barnett)
Posted inNews

Family who lost everything in explosion, including ‘antique Judaica,’ files suit

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 30, 2023May 30, 2023
Blue Heron Lake, for the great blue herons who nest seasonally at the lake, is one of the frontrunners. (Photo/Wikimedia-Alpinekid CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inOpinion

What should Stow Lake’s new name be? We asked, you answered

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 30, 2023May 30, 2023
Incoming Weinberg Foundation board chair  Paula Pretlow (fourth from left) and Federation CEO Joy Sisisky (right of Pretlow) with an Ethiopian family making aliyah to Israel.
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Bay Area leaders join one of the last flights of Ethiopians to Israel

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
In this screenshot from the livestream of the Sacramento City Council meeting on May 23, protesters against antisemitic speakers hold up signs, including the post-Holocaust slogan "Never Again" and an antifa black flag logo inside a Star of David.
Posted inNorthern California

Antisemites, protesters plunge Sacramento city council meeting into chaos

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 24, 2023May 25, 2023
The scene outside La Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, bedecked with Tunisian flags for the annual Lag B'Omer pilgrimage. (Photo/Adam Eilath)
Posted inOpinion

Tragedy can’t overshadow the joys of our Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage

Adam Eilath by Adam Eilath May 24, 2023May 24, 2023

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