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seen from above, a woman strikes a dancer-like pose outside her house
Posted inCulture

Pandemic isolation fosters creativity for busy dancer and choreographer

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 4, 2020September 14, 2020
Sinai Memorial Chapel's main office on Divisadero Street in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inNews

Sinai Memorial says ‘no’ to indoor funerals as S.F. eases restrictions

by Gabriel Greschler September 3, 2020September 4, 2020
It takes 10 days for Rebecca King to brine the meat for her pork sandwiches. (Photo/JTA-Josefin Dolsten)
Posted inCalifornia

Los Angeles pop-up The Bad Jew serves ‘porkstrami’ and other nonkosher takes on Jewish deli food

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA September 3, 2020
Anat Balint is the new coordinator of the Jewish Studies Program at San Jose State University. (Photo/Eyal Tueg)
Posted inEducation

New Jewish studies head at San Jose State embraces ‘culture of debate’

by Dan Pine September 3, 2020
Jose Medina presenting AB331 to the California Assembly Education Committee in March 2019. Medina is the author of the bill, which would make ethnic studies a high school requirement, and approved the Jewish caucus' "guardrail" additions to the bill. (Photo/Twitter-Jose Medina)
Posted inCalifornia

Jewish caucus inserts anti-bias ‘guardrails’ into California ethnic studies law

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 1, 2020September 2, 2020
Offir Gutelzon (in the red bandana) helps organize the crowd at an anti-Benjamin Netanyahu protest at Crissy Field in San Francisco, Aug. 29, 2020. (Photo/Miri Ekshtein Prager)
Posted inNews

‘We won’t stop until Bibi resigns’: Bay Area Israelis join global protest

by Sue Fishkoff September 1, 2020
Cal Fire staff and Israeli firefighters meet at a Sacramento hotel to conduct an equipment check before deployment, Aug. 31, 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Shlomi Kofman)
Posted inNews

Israeli firefighters visit Sacramento, will deploy to Napa and Sonoma counties

by Gabriel Greschler August 31, 2020August 31, 2020
Russian-style Easter eggs. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

My journey from skeptical Soviet Jew to member of the tribe

Luda Shuster by Luda Shuster August 31, 2020August 31, 2020
A High Holiday service at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. (Photo/File)
Posted inReligion

How to find free and accessible High Holiday services during the pandemic

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 31, 2020September 14, 2020
Israeli firefighters at San Francisco International Airport, Aug. 30, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inNews

Israeli firefighters land in San Francisco to help battle wildfires

by Gabriel Greschler and Sue Fishkoff August 30, 2020August 31, 2020

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