• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

California

Mt. Eden high school in Hayward. (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inBay Area

Hayward teacher placed on leave after teaching antisemitic conspiracies

by J. Staff February 23, 2023
Oren Tsur, a professor at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, is using AI to fight hate speech. (Photo/Ben-Gurion University)
Posted inTech

Can AI fight hate online? This Israeli expert says it can

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 22, 2023February 22, 2023
Nick Resnick (Courtesy/Nick Resnick For Oakland School Board)
Posted inNorthern California

Trailblazing Jewish school board member steps down after vote count reversal

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 22, 2023February 23, 2023
Lior Ben-Hur teaches music at Camp Ramah. (Photo/Courtesy Ben-Hur
Posted inCulture

Israeli-born musician Lior Ben-Hur puts his ‘Heart’ into Bay Area music education

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 22, 2023February 23, 2023
A student's annotated copy of an antisemitic conspiracy text assigned by teacher Henry Bens (inset) at Mt. Eden High School in Hayward.
Posted inBay Area

East Bay high school teacher called out for antisemitic lessons

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 21, 2023January 25, 2024
Dr. Michael Baker next to a monument in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv protected by sandbags, Aug. 2022 (Photo/Courtesy Baker)
Posted inNews

This retired Bay Area surgeon is teaching trauma care to doctors in Ukraine

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 20, 2023
Katie Couric and Laura Lauder at the Jewish Community Federation's Day of Philanthropy, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JCF)
Posted inBay Area

Katie Couric is one proud Jew at Federation’s Day of Philanthropy

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 17, 2023February 20, 2023
Shay Cohen speaks in favor of the IHRA resolution, Feb. 15, 2023. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Berkeley student senate sinks IHRA antisemitism measure

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 16, 2023
Rabbi Bentziyon Pil founded and runs the Schneerson Center, a synagogue that serves primarily Russian-speaking Jews in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inNews

‘We thought we were safe’: Fallout from Schneerson Center gun scare

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 16, 2023March 28, 2024
Rabbi Gordon Freeman wearing the tallit his daughters gave him, which has the names of all his grandchildren on it. He is standing by a painting from The Sh'ma Project, which he and two friends put together.
Posted inJewish Life

Why this local rabbi is embracing his 80s with a second bar mitzvah

by Liz Harris February 15, 2023

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 159 160 161 162 163 … 630 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

The hunt is on for forgotten images of the Western Wall
JCC East Bay ready to take root on Oakland campus with August preschool opening
Richmond mayor, accused of antisemitism, appears headed for election defeat
For many queer Jews, Pride has lost its joy
Jewish crossword constructors across the Bay Area find clues to community
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack