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a building with a sign that reads "University Preparatory Academy"
Posted inBay Area

Jewish family sues San Jose school, alleging failure to address daughter’s harassment

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi October 29, 2024October 31, 2024
and old woman holds up small artworks of a sun and a christmas tree
Posted inArt

For seniors at Campus for Jewish Living, art is solace, relief and ‘happy place’ 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 29, 2024October 29, 2024
Outside a pumpkin carving event held by State Sen. Scott Wiener, a protester holds up a sign that reads "Scott Wiener is a lonely white supremacist." (Screenshot via @SFJCRC on X)
Posted inBay Area

Wiener’s family pumpkin carving event marred by two groups of protesters

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi October 28, 2024October 29, 2024
a red-haired young man hugs someone in the sunshine
Posted inBay Area

Tension over hiring an Israeli counselor roiled a Bay Area music camp and ended friendships

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 28, 2024October 28, 2024
a woman in a tricorn hat sits at a table draped in an American flag writing with a quill
Posted inArt

Quill in hand, Bay Area Jewish artist scribes the Constitution to inspire voters

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 28, 2024October 30, 2024
black and white photo of a man lighting two tall candles. a woman stands next to him holding a microphone.
Posted inObituaries

Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist who hosted musical Passover seders, dies at 84

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer October 28, 2024October 28, 2024
a small photo of Miriam and Brachie inset within a larger photo of a giraffe standing near a very tall mountain
Posted inBay Area

Why a mother-daughter team from Chabad Berkeley are going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

by Ryan Torok October 25, 2024October 25, 2024
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Posted inFirst Person

The Nova survivor who couldn’t stop shaking

Headshot of Ayelet Gundar-Goshen by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen October 25, 2024October 25, 2024
An old woman speaks into a microphone
Posted inBay Area

Marin teens sit rapt as Holocaust survivor, 94, tells her story

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 24, 2024October 24, 2024
Rabbi Paul Steinberg (Photo/Courtesy Kol Shofar)
Posted inLocal Voice

I am an unapologetically pro-Israel rabbi, no matter what some of my other Bay Area colleagues say

Photo of Rabbi Paul Steinberg by Rabbi Paul Steinberg October 24, 2024October 24, 2024

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