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Three works by Amy Trachtenberg, whose work will be shown at Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco beginning June 14 (Photo/Laura Paull)
Posted inCulture

Summer has landed in the Bay Area, bringing new art with it

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 12, 2019June 12, 2019
Jewlia Eisenberg leads a song at the JeWitch Collective’s “Song of Songs Seder Celebrating Queer Sexuality” in the yurt at Urban Adamah in Berkeley, May 19. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Magic, sex and blessings at an unconventional seder in Berkeley

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 12, 2019June 14, 2019
Anne Brodofsky in Shanghai in the 1920s
Posted inHistory

Treasured letters recall Berkeley 99-year-old’s adventurous aunt

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 12, 2019
pride flag waving in the wing
Posted inUncategorized

Celebrate Pride Month at these Jewish community events

by J. Staff June 11, 2019June 12, 2019
Dora Sorell, Holocaust survivor and popular educator on the Holocaust, passed away May 27, 2019.
Posted inObituaries

Survivor and Holocaust educator Dora Sorell of Berkeley dies at 98

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 11, 2019
Developmental and clinical psychologist Diane Ehrensaft
Posted inPride

Q&A: A gender expert who stands up for nonbinary youth

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller June 10, 2019
Ariela Morgenstern (Photo/David R. Gordon)
Posted inCulture

For S.F. cantor’s daughter, role in ‘Once’ is a natural fit

by Patricia Corrigan June 10, 2019June 12, 2019
Flags on display at an LGBTQ Pride event put on by A Wider Bridge and the Israeli consulate in San Francisco (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inNews

Pride function in S.F. holds up Israel as a ‘special place’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 10, 2019June 12, 2019
Rabbi Jill Perlman will take over as senior rabbi of Temple Isaiah in Lafayette in July, replacing interim rabbi Steven Chester, who has led Isaiah for a year following the retirement of longtime leader Rabbi Judy Shanks.
Posted inBay Area, News

New rabbi in East Bay has a thing for Temples Isaiah

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 7, 2019June 10, 2019
Progressive Zionists of California members Andrea Beth Damsky, Paul Kujawsky, Susan George and Matthew Finkelstein at the 2019 California Democratic party convention (Photo/Dan Pine)
Posted inNews

How activists at state Dems’ convention sparred over Israel resolutions

by Dan Pine June 7, 2019June 9, 2019

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