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a grid of heads as in a Zoom meeting
Posted inLocal Voice

In the U.S. and Israel, narcissistic leaders put our lives in danger

David Meyers by David Meyers August 28, 2024August 28, 2024
Yana Agranovsky Berger is the new executive director of the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center. (Iris Giladi Photography)
Posted inBay Area

Contra Costa JCC gets new executive director, its first full-time staff in years

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 27, 2024August 27, 2024
Pelinnor Calderon holds a sign calling for the return of hostages during a rally for Hersh Goldberg-Polin on a freeway overpass in Berkeley, Aug. 25, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Hope is mandatory’: Berkeley rally puts spotlight on Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 26, 2024August 27, 2024
J. Editor in Chief Chanan Tigay (left) interviews former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Posted inIsrael

Exclusive interview: Former PM Ehud Olmert on the existential threat facing Israel — from within

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay August 26, 2024September 8, 2024
An ornately embroidered bag with a handle and some red Hebrew text
Posted inJudaica

Magnes exhibit on Jewish lives in Muslim lands: ‘What the world needs right now’

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz August 26, 2024August 26, 2024
(From left) Oakland Ballers cofounder Bryan Carmel with his parents, Jori and Richard Carmel, at a Ballers game at Raimondi Park in Oakland on June 8, 2024. (Courtesy Bryan Carmel)
Posted inSports

Jewish leaders buy in to Oakland Ballers, continuing Haas family baseball legacy

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher August 23, 2024August 25, 2024
Reider sits playing the accordion. The album cover is superimposed to his left.
Posted inMusic

Oakland composer Sam Reider puts Jewish folklore’s most famous monster to music 

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert August 23, 2024September 23, 2024
Potash gestures upward to the telephone wires overhead
Posted inReligion

San Francisco’s third eruv expands options for Shabbat-observant Jews in Noe Valley, the Mission and the Castro

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 23, 2024August 26, 2024
Theater seats slowly fill during the SF Jewish Film Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOur Crowd

Happenings, honors, philanthropy, comings and goings — August 2024

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb August 23, 2024August 23, 2024
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Death announcements for the week of Aug. 23, 2024

by J. Staff August 23, 2024August 23, 2024

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