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

Trial postponed for Ross Farca, Concord man accused of threatening to kill Jews 

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 21, 2020December 21, 2020
Marilyn Heiss is a regular volunteer in Glide Memorial Church's meal program — which is where she'll be on Christmas.
Posted inHolidays

Even Christmas is different for Jews this pandemic year

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 21, 2020December 21, 2020
The driveway into the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, April 28, 2020. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Covid deaths reported at San Francisco Jewish senior homes

by Gabriel Greschler December 18, 2020
Misia Nudler. (Photo/Carol Goldman)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

Holocaust survivor, 93, recalls horrors, close scrapes — and a new life in Oakland

by Gabriel Greschler December 18, 2020December 18, 2020
One last look at some of the menorahs at the end of the "Menorah Memories" event, Dec. 16, 2020.
Posted inHanukkah

Sharing ‘Menorah Memories’ with J. and Value Culture

by J. Staff December 17, 2020
David Makovsky (left) and Ghaith Al-Omari spoke Dec. 16 at the Z3 conference.
Posted inBay Area

A new, less combative Middle East is analyzed at Z3

by Dan Pine December 17, 2020December 18, 2020
Congregation Beth Israel's second building, on Geary Boulevard, was completed in 1908. It was almost completed in 1906, but was destroyed by the earthquake and had to be rebuilt. In 1969, Beth Israel merged with Temple Judea to form Congregation Beth Israel Judea. Decades later, BIJ is merging with yet another synagogue, Congregation B'nai Emunah. (Photo/Courtesy Congregation Beth Israel Judea)
Posted inNews

Mazel tov — it’s a merger! Two historic San Francisco synagogues become one

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 16, 2020December 16, 2020
Lia Barrow of HaMotzi Gluten Free baking in a commercial kitchen.
Posted inSmall Bites

How many gluten-free challah operations is there room for in the East Bay? At least two.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 16, 2020December 16, 2020
Hershel Herzberg married Dorothy Crews at the Israeli embassy in Nigeria, where both served in the Peace Corps between 1961-1963. (Photo/Courtesy Sam Herzberg)
Posted inOpinion

I’ve been the family historian for 20 years. Here’s our story.

Sam Herzberg by Sam Herzberg December 16, 2020December 15, 2020
"Projecting Light in a Time of Darkness," a video art installation at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, will be visible every night of Hanukkah. (Photos/Heidi Sanders)
Posted inCulture

Historical light show illuminates Emanu-El for Hanukkah week

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 15, 2020December 16, 2020

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