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Ross Farca speaking with an attorney outside Contra Costa Superior Court, Sept. 26, 2019. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

Farca trial begins: lawyers tell diverging stories of East Bay man, 25, who posted about killing Jews

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 3, 2021November 4, 2021
"It's time to adopt a mindset that this may be what our lives are like," says Dr. Bob Wachter of UCSF. (Photo/Courtesy UCSF)
Posted inBay Area

Herd immunity? ‘Not going to happen,’ says UCSF doctor

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 3, 2021November 3, 2021
A white card reads: "What do you fear is more harmful to Jews in the 2020s? A. The patriarchy. B. The cost of Jewish education. C. Taking the Pew Report seriously. D. Chocolate hummus."
Posted inHanukkah

Test your Jewish cred in new party game Jewish Card Revoked

by Dan Pine November 3, 2021November 10, 2021
Lauren West, founder and “chief expert organizer” of Next Highest Good.
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: She can help you waste not, want not, clutter not

by Liz Harris November 2, 2021November 3, 2021
Dave Pell calls himself "Managing Editor of the Internet." (Photo/Adam Moore)
Posted inBooks

‘Please Scream’: New book revisits 2020’s collective nervous breakdown

by J. Staff November 2, 2021November 2, 2021
A tweet from Fadah Jassem announcing her new position with emojis of 17 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including the Palestinian flag but not the Israeli flag. (Screenshot)
Posted inTech

Twitter’s new curator for Middle East news apologizes for anti-Israel tweets

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 1, 2021November 1, 2021
Sinai Memorial Chapel's new office at the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life in Palo Alto.
Posted inBay Area

Sinai Memorial Chapel opens Peninsula office, replacing facility that closed early in pandemic

by J. Staff November 1, 2021November 2, 2021
Consultant Wendy Rosov, one of the people behind a new survey on pay equity in Bay Area Jewish organizations.
Posted inNews

Local Jewish orgs don’t include salaries on job listings, survey shows. That can result in women earning less.

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 1, 2021
Artist Judy Chicago at her "A Birthday Bouquet For Belen" installation in 2019. (Photo/Forward-Donald Woodman-Artists Rights Society NY)
Posted inCulture

Feminist icon Judy Chicago gets first retrospective at de Young and a new autobiography

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward November 1, 2021November 3, 2021
Peter Stein’s official “Jeopardy!” portrait. (Photo/Courtesy Jeopardy! Productions)
Posted inTV & Film

Bay Area filmmaker Peter Stein smiles his way through ‘Jeopardy!’

by Sue Fishkoff October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

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