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A hiker enjoys Israel's famed Ein Gedi nature preserve. (Photo/Flickr-dgjones CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Sierra Club Israel mess never should have happened

by J. Editorial Board March 17, 2022
Twenty-two years after Judy Jacobs (far left) and Mary Garmo Gold (third from right) were bridesmaids at her wedding, Janet joins them every month or so for lunch in Alameda. (Photo/Cathleen Maclearie)
Posted inAct Two

That’s what old friends are for — especially as we age

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent March 17, 2022
Congregants at Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service of the pandemic, June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inNews

More Bay Area synagogues are going mask-optional

Jew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 16, 2022March 16, 2022
A tourist poses for a picture while floating in the Dead Sea, a stop on past Sierra Club trips to Israel. (Photo/JTA-Ronen Tivony-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Sierra Club reverses course after canceling trips to Israel

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 15, 2022March 17, 2022
Josh Galant with trays of piroshki, the family business for 25 years. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inSmall Bites

Piroshkis for Ukraine; Ottolenghi coming to town; Ethel’s Bagels update; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 14, 2022March 15, 2022
A man floating in the Dead Sea, one of the sites that the Sierra Club's trips to Israel have visited in the past. (Photo/maxpixel.net)
Posted inNews

Sierra Club cancels trips to Israel at urging of progressive and anti-Zionist groups

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 11, 2022March 14, 2022
Screenshot from "The Levys of Monticello," streaming this month as part of the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

‘The Levys of Monticello’: S.F. filmmaker tells story of the Jewish family who saved Jefferson’s estate

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 11, 2022March 11, 2022
Meyshe Shapiro-Nygren (left) and Tobie Shapiro at the piano at their home in Alameda. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inLocal Voice

Our special-needs adult children are not invisible — but the Jewish community doesn’t see them

Tobie Helene Shapiro by Tobie Helene Shapiro March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
Rebecca Schuchat is the artist behind our new comic strip, "Where's My Timbrel?"
Posted inCulture

‘Where’s My Timbrel?’ Our new comic strip draws on artist’s Bay Area Jewish life

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
Hamantaschen with the colors of the Ukrainian flag. (Photo/JTA-Instagram-chopsticksmeetfork)
Posted inFood

Hamantaschen for Ukraine: local bakers raise dough for war relief

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 9, 2022March 15, 2022

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