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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival co-directors Deborah Kaufman and Janis Plotkin in 1991 on the balcony of the Castro Theatre. (Photo/File)
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Tracing the growth of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival from 1980 to 2022

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 21, 2022July 21, 2022
Fun with water balloons at Maccabi Sports Camp during summer 2019. (Courtesy JCC Maccabi Sports Camp)
Posted inBay Area

Covid resurgence hits local Jewish summer camps hard, closing one early

by Dan Pine July 20, 2022
Friendship Circle volunteers cut a ribbon to begin WalkWithFC in 2019. (Photo/Adam Turgeman Tolentino)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area Friendship Circle ready for ‘ninja’ walkathon 

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene July 20, 2022
(Photo/Nextdoor.com)
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Swastikas etched on cars in Berkeley probed as hate crime

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene July 19, 2022
Judy Gumbo is the author of “Yippie Girl: Exploits in Protest and Defeating the FBI.” (Photo/Gary Goldberg)
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‘Yippie Girl’: In memoir, Judy Gumbo writes about 1960s Jewish activists, the Chicago 7 and defeating the FBI

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 19, 2022July 20, 2022
pederson on the field in a Giants uniform
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Giants slugger Joc Pederson joins Team Israel for 2023 World Baseball Classic

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher July 19, 2022July 19, 2022
Screenshot from a July 13 livestream by Jon Minadeo Jr., in which he discussed the Mapping Project.
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BDS group’s map of Jewish Boston shows up on local neo-Nazi’s livestream

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 18, 2022September 6, 2022
From the cover of “The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage” edited by Loolwa Khazzoom
Posted inBooks

JFK, polyamory, Jewish noir and more: New books by local Jewish authors appeal to diverse readers

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 18, 2022May 25, 2023
Nina Safdie's maamoul cookies are made from flour and semolina dough, with a walnut and honey filling, flavored with rosewater and cinnamon. (Photo/Alix Wall)
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Sephardic cookies at L’Chaim food and wine fest; KQED goes for Jewish ice cream

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 18, 2022August 12, 2022
Abe Mazliach (right) with son Steven in front of a former Displaced Persons camp in Bad Reichenhall, Germany.
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Fremont man visits his birthplace: a DP camp in Germany

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 15, 2022

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