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Minna Stess competes in the X Games in Ventura, California, on June 27. (Bryce Kanights)
Posted inSports

18-year-old Petaluma skateboarder is ready to fly at Paris Olympics

by Dan Pine July 18, 2024July 18, 2024
Peter Buxtun, a former employee of the U.S. Public Health Service, helped bring an end to the Tuskegee syphilis experiment. (Courtesy Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics)
Posted inObituaries

Former San Franciscan who exposed Tuskegee syphilis study dies at 86

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 17, 2024July 24, 2024
Esther Selleck in the Emanu-El 
Residence Club in 1954. (Courtesy)
Posted inFrom the Archives

For decades, young Jewish women learned to live independently at Emanu-El Residence Club in S.F.

by Denise Selleck July 17, 2024July 24, 2024
Tribal leader and Sogorea Te’ Land Trust co-founder Corrina Gould speaks at the West Berkeley Shellmound rematriation celebration on Saturday. (Kelly Sullivan/Berkeleyside)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish allies join Ohlone to celebrate transfer of West Berkeley Shellmound to Indigenous hands

Frances Dinkelspiel by Frances Dinkelspiel July 16, 2024July 16, 2024
In "Lyd," the real-world documentary segments of the movie are intercut with animated visions of an alternate reality, in which the Palestinian city of Lyd never became the Israeli city of Lod. (Screenshot)
Posted inTV & Film

S.F. Jewish Film Festival: Sci-fi documentary ‘Lyd’ tells two histories of one city

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 16, 2024November 28, 2025
Antisemitic graffiti on the playground at Commodore Sloat Elementary School in San Francisco, Aug. 2023.
Posted inUncategorized

Had enough of hate graffiti in the Bay Area? Here’s what you can do 

by Nancy Appel and Rafael Brinner July 16, 2024July 16, 2024
The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA, which has since been disbanded, seen in May. (Jacob Gurvis/JTA)
Posted inCalifornia

Survey of four UC campuses breaks down anti-Jewish and anti-Israel attitudes

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 15, 2024July 17, 2024
"Jews By Choice" screens July 26 in San Francisco and Aug. 1 in Oakland. (SFJFF)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival: What does it mean to convert to Judaism in a land with no Jews?

by Sue Fishkoff July 15, 2024July 16, 2024
"A good soldier/zionist/settler is a DEAD ONE," reads sidewalk graffiti near the UC Davis pro-Palestinian encampment, which has since been disbanded. (Mily Ron)
Posted inLocal Voice

UC Davis talks up free-speech protections while ignoring Jewish voices

Leah Hibel (Courtesy) by Leah Hibel July 15, 2024July 16, 2024
Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross, the alter ego of Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie. (SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘Sabbath Queen’ follows drag queen rabbi over two decades

Eli Andrew Ramer (Courtesy) by Eli Andrew Ramer July 12, 2024July 12, 2024

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