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The author (right) and her daughter, Niki Ghent Wickenhiser, at a family birthday celebration Oct. 15 at Il Fornaio in Palo Alto.
Posted inSeniors

Who is that stranger in the mirror? It’s me at 80.

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 27, 2022October 27, 2022
Left: Manfred Speier standing in front of the Bay Bridge, 1949. Right: Rep. Jackie Speier. (Photos/Courtesy Speier)
Posted inNews

How Rep. Jackie Speier uncovered her family’s hidden Holocaust story

by Dan Pine October 26, 2022
Post-tashlich Shabbat service at the Peninsula JCC's Hamlin Garden, led by (from left) Cantor Doron Shapira, Rabbi Laurie Matzkin, musician Michael Battat and Rabbi Lisa Kingston.
Posted inFirst Person

Kicking off 5783 with spirituality and community on the Peninsula

Rabbi Laurie Matzkin by Rabbi Laurie Matzkin October 26, 2022October 27, 2022
"Para Humber" by Miguel Arzabe is currently on display at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
Posted inCulture

Woven artwork at CJM speaks to our broken world

Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell October 26, 2022January 3, 2023
California Department of Education headquarters in Sacramento. (Photo/California Department of Education)
Posted inUncategorized

Survey: how local school board candidates see ethnic studies

by Ryan Torok October 25, 2022October 26, 2022
(From left) State Sen. Scott Wiener, JCCSF CEO Paul Geduldig, and JCRC CEO Tyler Gregory at the Wallenberg Club forum, Oct. 24, 2022.
(Photo/Lillian Ilsley-Greene)
Posted inNews

S.F. Jewish Dem club hosts pre-election forum with Breed, Jenkins, Wiener and more

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene October 25, 2022October 26, 2022
Evan Goldstein at Oracle Park, where he is the first-ever master sommelier for a major league sports team.
(Photo/San Francisco Giants-Suzanna Mitchell)
Posted inSports

In a sports first, Giants hire master sommelier to elevate ballpark wines

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 25, 2022October 25, 2022
UC Berkeley (Photo/file)
Posted inLocal Voice

At Berkeley Law, Israel is trapped in the identity politics of the progressive left

Eugene Bardach by Eugene Bardach October 24, 2022October 24, 2022
Portrait of Florence Prag Kahn in the collection of the Library of Congress
Posted inFrom the Archives

How this San Franciscan became the first Jewish woman in Congress

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 24, 2022October 27, 2022
Michal Strutin of Dayenu Circle of Jewish Silicon Valley calls Senator Feinstein's office to demand she vote for climate action at the "Make a Holy Noise for Climate Change" demonstration on Aug. 25 in San Jose.(Photo/George Barahona)
Posted inNews

Jewish climate action group Dayenu urges voters to the polls

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 24, 2022October 24, 2022

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