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Rita Semel speaking at her 100th birthday celebration at San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El, Nov. 23, 2021. (Photo/Dan Pine)
Posted inNews

S.F. faith and political leaders honor Rita Semel, centenarian ‘still leading by example,’ at interfaith Thanksgiving service

by Dan Pine November 24, 2021November 24, 2021
Garbage and abandoned shopping carts litter the underpass under I-80 in Emeryville, where homeless people often sleep, Nov. 21, 2021.(Photo/Fran Quittel)
Posted inBay Area

She contacted Caltrans 75 times to clean up a dirty I-80 off-ramp

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 23, 2021November 24, 2021
Former basketball player Dan Grunfeld's new book tells the story of his family, including his Holocaust survivor grandmother, Lily Grunfeld.
Posted inBooks

Stanford alum Dan Grunfeld shares family’s story, from Holocaust to basketball fame

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 23, 2021November 24, 2021
Part of Bernal Cutlery has been turned into a “mission-driven pantry.” (Photo/Molly DeCoudreaux)
Posted inSmall Bites

Bernal Cutlery adds ‘mission-driven pantry’; Hanukkah food events; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 22, 2021March 15, 2022
Yotam Nahum of Sunnyvale gets a breather while on duty in the IDF.
Posted inNews

Meet the Nahums: These three Bay Area siblings proudly serve in the IDF

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 22, 2021
A Jewish father and daughter at meal time in Ethiopia. (Photo/Courtesy SSEG)
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Emanu-El raises $120,000 for Ethiopian Jews caught in civil war crossfire

by Sue Fishkoff November 19, 2021November 28, 2021
The Temple Judea building on Brotherhood Way, seen here around the time of its completion in 1964, is now home to Congregation Beth Israel Judea as well as Or Shalom Jewish Community. (Photo/Courtesy Congregation Beth Israel Judea)
Posted inUncategorized

Newly merged S.F. synagogues announce new name: Am Tikvah

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 19, 2021November 19, 2021
The giant menorah in Union Square in San Francisco on the first night of Hanukkah, Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inHanukkah

Need a flicker of community? Here’s our list of public menorah lightings.

by J. Staff November 19, 2021November 29, 2021
A mezuzah from The Magnes at UC Berkeley designed by a German-Israeli-American sculptor named Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert will soon be installed at the vice presidential residence in Washington. (Photo/UC Berkeley-Neil Freese)
Posted inNews

Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff to use mezuzah from UC Berkeley’s Magnes Collection at VP’s residence

by Will Kane November 19, 2021November 23, 2021
a white man in his 30s stands with Joe Biden, Jill Biden and a white woman in her 30s. all are smiling.
Posted inNews

S.F. native Aaron Keyak appointed as Biden’s deputy antisemitism envoy

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward November 19, 2021

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