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Ross Farca, 23, of Concord is fighting a restraining order preventing him from handling guns after being arrested for threatening to kill Jews online.
Posted inNews

Bail allowed for Concord man accused of anti-Semitic threats

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 3, 2020June 10, 2020
A family-size chicken shawarma meal from Lev, a new Middle Eastern food project from the guys behind Wise Sons. (Photo/Courtesy Wise Sons)
Posted inSmall Bites

Wise Sons goes Middle Eastern; Saul’s Deli owners give it another go; ‘Yiddishe’ happy hour

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 2, 2020June 8, 2020
Ross Farca speaking with an attorney outside Contra Costa Superior Court, Sept. 26, 2019. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

Federal judge sentences Farca to time served, now facing charges in Contra Costa County

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 28, 2020June 2, 2020
McClymonds High School in Oakland Unified School District, which voted May 28 to support the state's proposed high school ethnic studies curriculum. (Photo/Wikimedia-Daniel Olsen-CC BY 2.5)
Posted inEducation

Oakland school board votes to support ethnic studies curriculum

by Dan Pine May 28, 2020June 1, 2020
(Photo/Flickr-Robert Couse-Baker CC BY 2.0)
Posted inEducation

Why Jews should support the state’s high school ethnic studies curriculum

Rabbi Dev NoilyHazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman by Rabbi Dev Noily and Hazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
The light-filled sanctuary of Kol Shofar in Tiburon (Photo/HCLA)
Posted inBay Area, Columns, Religion, Jew in the Pew, Jewish Life, News

Shabbat online? Conservative synagogues get OK, but some were already doing it

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 25, 2020May 26, 2020
Kathryn Winogura of Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay and Michaela Schiffer of Julia’s Kosher Kitchen ready meals for delivery. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS East Bay)
Posted inNews

JFCS East Bay casts ‘safety net’ to Jews set back by pandemic

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 21, 2020May 21, 2020
A museum goer at the Magnes Collection in 2016. (Photo/Courtesy Magnes)
Posted inCulture

‘Long road’ for CJM and Magnes to be fully operational again

by Gabriel Greschler May 19, 2020May 26, 2020
Covenant Winery co-owner Jeff Morgan (right) with his Israel-based winemaker Ari Erle in Covenant's syrah vineyard in the northern Galilee. (Photo/Courtesy Covenant Winery)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Que syrah, syrah? Local kosher wineries struggle through shutdown

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 15, 2020May 26, 2020
Luis, 63, an immigrant from Honduras, is currently sheltering in place at Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont. (Photo/Rachele S. Kanigel)
Posted inBay Area

From ICE detention to quarantine in an East Bay synagogue

Rachele Kanigel by Rachele Kanigel May 14, 2020May 18, 2020

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