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Divorce and Discovery tashlich ritual, in which attendees cast off unwanted feelings they were carrying around from their divorce. (Photo/Margot Yecies)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish divorce retreat creates room to grieve and heal at Camp Tawonga

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 7, 2022November 9, 2022
Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park (Photo/Flickr-Patrick G CC)
Posted inLocal Voice

So a lake in S.F. is named for an old-timey antisemite. Who cares?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris November 7, 2022November 9, 2022
Chalk writing at San Francisco State University, Feb. 23, 2018. (Photo/Courtesy SF Hillel)
Posted inBay Area

Survey: At S.F. State, many Jewish students hide their identity

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene November 4, 2022
Chris Walton, who passed away in 2012, was the inspiration for the Chris Kindness Award.
Posted inBay Area

Beloved JCC teacher inspires $1K kindness award in Berkeley 

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene November 4, 2022
Vandals burned and drew swastikas and SS bolts on a sign outside Congregation Beth Israel in Chico on November 2, 2022. (Screenshot/Action News Now)
Posted inNews

Synagogue in Chico hit with antisemitic vandalism, sign burned

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 3, 2022December 9, 2025
Poet Jake Marmer (right) recites his poetry at LABA's DRUNK event at the JCC East Bay in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019, accompanied by guitarist John Schott. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inCulture

Jewish culture laboratory LABA gets a new home at the Firehouse in S.F.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 3, 2022June 25, 2024
The counter at Oakland Kosher after it was ransacked by thieves on Nov. 2, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter @ljfernandez)
Posted inNews

Oakland Kosher burglary: ‘astute’ thieves took two cash registers of money

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 3, 2022
Samantha Liu carries a Torah scroll at her recent bat mitzvah at Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo. Starting Nov. 1, the synagogue is no longer requiring masks at services. (Photo/Courtesy PTBE)
Posted inNews

With Covid protocols relaxed, masks come off at more synagogues — but some still say it’s premature

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 3, 2022November 3, 2022
Posted inTech

Jewish security group warns Elon Musk about threats on Twitter

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 2, 2022November 2, 2022
Dr. Jonathan Esensten and his wife, Raquel Gardner, with their five children at Ramat Gan National Park in Israel, June 2022. (Photo/Esti Appleton Photography)
Posted inFirst Person

Why I left San Francisco to write my family’s story in Israel

Dr. Jonathan Esensten by Jonathan Esensten November 2, 2022November 3, 2022

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