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Bar manager and cocktail creator Jared Hirsch (Photo/Tex Allen)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Q&A: An artful cocktail creator who rarely drinks alcohol himself

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 16, 2019September 24, 2019
The East Bay and S.F.-based federations were founded in the days before BART and the Bay Bridge — but times have changed. (Map/United States Geographical Survey)
Posted inBay Area

East Bay and S.F. federations consolidate operations

by Dan Pine May 16, 2019May 20, 2019
Retired B’nai Emunah cantor and Reutlinger resident Henry Drejer (center) with fellow resident Doris Langer at Reutlinger's 2017 Simchat Torah celebration (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inBay Area

Reutlinger families seek assurances about home’s Jewish character

by Dan Pine May 15, 2019May 17, 2019
“The Chronicles of San Francisco” mural of 1,200 San Franciscans includes several from the Jewish community — can you find them? (Photo/Courtesy SFMOMA)
Posted inArt & About

1,200 San Franciscans in one giant digital mural; and more arts around the Bay

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 15, 2019May 21, 2019
Through June 1, the recently renovated Oakland Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is open to the public for the first time in 55 years,  (Photo/Courtesy Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Posted inReligion

A journey into the Holy of Holies — in a Latter-day Saints temple

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 14, 2019October 30, 2024
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza speaking at First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley at an event organized by Kehilla Community Synagogue (Photo/Courtesy Kehilla Community Synagogue)
Posted inBay Area

Times are scary, Black Lives Matter founder tells receptive East Bay Jewish crowd

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 14, 2019May 14, 2019
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist (Photo/Austin Hargrave)
Posted inFilm

New documentary on Dr. Ruth, Holocaust survivor and sex maven

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA May 8, 2019
The titular hummus at Oren's Hummus (Photo/Oren's Hummus Facebook)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

10-course vegetarian menu will sample diverse Israeli dishes; Oren’s Hummus Express now open

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 7, 2019September 24, 2019
Political science professor Ron Hassner will be UC Berkeley's first endowed chair in Israel Studies.
Posted inNews

A $5 million gift will create UC Berkeley’s first endowed Israel studies chair

by Dan Pine May 2, 2019May 17, 2019
Michael David Lukas, author of "The Last Watchman of Old Cairo"
Posted inCulture

Oakland author Michael David Lukas wins $100k Jewish literature prize for ‘Watchman of Old Cairo’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 1, 2019May 1, 2019

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