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Jewish women protesting for abortion rights in the 1970s. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Women International)
Posted inOpinion

I remember the ‘coat hanger’ era of abortions. We can’t go back.

Rabbi Steven Chester by Rabbi Steven Chester May 23, 2022

Helene Barkin

by [email protected] May 19, 2022May 10, 2026
Jeff Morgan of Covenant Winery is ready for the patio jazz series. (Photo/Courtesy Kimberly Noelle Charles)
Posted inSmall Bites

Wine and jazz on the Covenant patio; Fermentation maven SandorKraut comes to town

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 19, 2022June 7, 2022
Zachary Noah Piser is taking over the role of Evan Hansen on Broadway full-time, becoming the first Asian American actor to do so. (Photo/JTA-Matthew Murphy)
Posted inTheater

Broadway’s new ‘Evan Hansen’ is an Asian-American Jew with mohel parents

by Evelyn Frick and Hey Alma May 19, 2022May 23, 2022
Students enjoying a UC Berkeley Hillel event in 2019. (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area

Campus news: Funding boost for Berkeley Hillel, Israeli scholar at Stanford as visiting fellow

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Members of Jews For Racial and Economic Justice and IfNotNow hold signs that say "Baruch Hashem [thank God] for Abortion" at a rally in New York, May 3, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Jacob Henry of NY Jewish Week)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why Jewish voices matter: religious freedom and abortion activism

Ronit Y. Stahl by Ronit Y. Stahl May 10, 2022
Fran Birnbaum, a member of Beth Chaim Congregation in Danville, is behind the synagogue sisterhood's efforts to raise thousands for Ukraine war relief by making and selling challah.
Posted inBay Area

Challah for Ukraine fundraiser rises rapidly in East Bay

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 9, 2022May 11, 2022
Max Homa representing UC Berkeley at the 2013 NCAA Championships where he won the individual title.
(Photo/Todd Drexler-SE Sports Media)
Posted inSports

Jewish golfer Max Homa, Berkeley alum, enters world top 30 after tourney win 

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher May 9, 2022May 10, 2022
Women of Reform Judaism members (from left) Robin Cohen, Julia Weinstein, Julia Wackenheim and Deb Lelchuk at the May 21, 2019 "Ban the Bans" rally at the Supreme Court.(Photo/Courtesy Robin Cohen)
Posted inBay Area

Local Jewish women’s groups are ready to fight for abortion

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 9, 2022May 10, 2022
Jewlia Eisenberg's posthumous album is called “The Ginzburg Geography.” (Photo/Robin Hultgren)
Posted inCulture

Jewlia Eisenberg channels anti-fascist Italian lovers on posthumous album

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert May 6, 2022June 8, 2022

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