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Still from “Crickets Would Sing” by director and writer Mauricio Baiocchi
Posted inTV & Film

Local survivor’s memoir to be adapted as stop-motion animated film

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 30, 2019May 26, 2021
Jewish Youth for Community Action board member Jennifer Esteen with sons Jalen (left) and Barry (right) at Barry's bar mitzvah (Photo/Courtesy Jennifer Esteen)
Posted inNews

New group for Jewish teens of color to hang out and ‘smash systems of oppression’

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo August 28, 2019September 6, 2019
Mica Talmor in front of the Piedmont Ave. location of her forthcoming venture, Pomella (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inSmall Bites

Kickstarter for Pomella; Frena’s 2nd location temporarily closed; ‘Forest Feast Mediterranean’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 26, 2019
87-year-old Holocaust survivor Musiy Rishin is under threat from being evicted from his apartment in Alameda where he has lived for 17 years. (Photo/Courtesy Svetlana Rishin)
Posted inBay Area

Holocaust survivor, Russian immigrant, faces eviction in Alameda

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 22, 2019August 22, 2019
"Chad Godyo" illusration by El Lissitzky (Courtesy/The Magnes, UC Berkeley)
Posted inPassover

Rare early Soviet-era illustrations of ‘One Little Goat’ seder song at Magnes

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller August 22, 2019August 22, 2019
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz during his first psilocybin experience at Johns Hopkins University (Photo/Courtesy Kamenetz)
Posted inJewish Life

Can psychedelics heal the Jewish people? This rabbi is exploring that question.

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 20, 2019May 12, 2020
Eric Batzdorff was found Aug. 18 after an apparent suicide.
Posted inNews

Missing Jewish Alameda man found dead in East Oakland

by Gabriel Greschler August 19, 2019August 20, 2019
The divergent responses to anti-Semitism coming from Reps. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat, and Tom Emmer, a Republican, tell us a lot about America, writes law professor David Schraub.
Posted inLocal Voice

Left or right, pro-Israel positions don’t excuse anti-Semitism

David Schraub by JTA and David Schraub August 16, 2019August 16, 2019
Gon Ben Ari performs at LABA New York in 2016. (Photo/Courtesy LABA)
Posted inCulture

NYC-based Jewish culture ‘lab’ expands to East Bay

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 15, 2019August 15, 2019
Richmond poet laureate Robert Lipton (Photo/Courtesy Lipton)
Posted inCulture

One of Richmond’s favorite poets keeps hope alive in face of conflict

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo August 15, 2019August 20, 2019

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