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Michele Berry (left) and Ken Bravmann stand in Embarcadero Plaza during a Jewish Unity March against antisemitism in San Francisco on Sunday, March 3, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Majority of Bay Area Jews still felt ‘less safe’ in 2024, JCRC survey shows

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 28, 2025February 4, 2025
Protesters hold aloft a large banner that reads "Solidarity With Palestinian Labor Unions"
Posted inBay Area

Israeli postdoc at UC Berkeley files lawsuit against her union, alleging bias

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 27, 2025February 4, 2025
A poultry factory farm. (Carol Highsmith via rawpixel.com CC0)
Posted inHealth

What you want to know about bird flu but are (or should be) too afraid to ask 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 27, 2025January 29, 2025
Writer Adam Gopnik spoke at JCCSF recently. (Brigitte Lacombe)
Posted inHistory

New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik on where Jews thrive best: Cities

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 27, 2025January 27, 2025
A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a protest at UC Berkeley on May 7, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

UC Berkeley removes event description denying Oct. 7 rapes 

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
Detail from a page of "Miri's Moving Day"
Posted inBooks

‘Can I be both Chinese and Jewish?’ Children’s book unpacks a young girl’s identity

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
a heavily armored bulldozer plows through sandy terrain as an Israel flag waves on its back
Posted inLetters

Alameda County’s BDS move, for and against

by J. Readers January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
Adam Swig (middle) being honored with Adam Swig Day by then-President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Aaron Peskin (right) and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman (left). (Courtesy)
Posted inOur Crowd

Happenings, honors, philanthropy, comings and goings — January 2025

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 24, 2025March 10, 2025
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Lifecycles announcements for the week of Jan. 24, 2025

by J. Staff January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
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Death announcements for the week of Jan. 24, 2025

by J. Staff January 24, 2025January 24, 2025

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