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Students at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto during the 2020-21 school year. (Photo/Deena Riddle)
Posted inEducation

Kehillah students must be vaxed. Other local Jewish schools are still weighing their options.

by Gabriel Greschler August 18, 2021August 23, 2021
Michael Chabon looking at Twitter birds
Posted inTech

After abandoning Instagram in disgust, @MichaelChabon is speaking his mind on Twitter

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 18, 2021August 18, 2021
A syringe and a bottle reading "Covid-19 Vaccine" next to the Pfizer company logo in Jerusalem on December 10, 2020.
(Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Posted inBay Area

Q&A: Fighting the war against vaccine misinformation and fear

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 17, 2021August 17, 2021
Afghans at the Kabul airport on Aug. 16, 2021, hoping to flee as the Taliban retake the country. (Photo/JTA-AFP via Getty Images) INSET: Yasamin Taher, Afghan case manager at JFCS East Bay.
Posted inBay Area

Q&A: Insider view from an Afghan employee at JFCS — and how you can help

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 17, 2021August 17, 2021
Rabbi Yoel Kahn (left) speaking on a panel at the 2015 convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. (Photo/File)
Posted inUncategorized

Rabbi Yoel Kahn retires after 36 years of service to Bay Area Jews

by Dan Pine August 16, 2021August 17, 2021
Anatoly Smolkin (Photo/Berkeley Police) interrupted a Shabbat service at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley (Photo/File).
Posted inBay Area

Ranting disbarred lawyer disrupts Berkeley synagogue service, then goes looking for Chabad rabbi

by J. Staff August 12, 2021August 17, 2021
A congregant recites the blessing on the Shabbat candles at Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service on June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inNews

Synagogues had big High Holiday plans. Then came the delta variant.

by Gabriel Greschler August 12, 2021August 12, 2021
A Nov. 2020 session of Temple Isaiah's JQuest Hebrew school. (Photo/Courtesy Temple Isaiah)
Posted inEducation

Facing teacher hiring crunch, Jewish religious schools plan job fair

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 11, 2021August 16, 2021
Temple Sinai in Oakland. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons-Jayjg)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland Temple Sinai halts preschool camp due to six Covid cases

by Gabriel Greschler August 10, 2021August 10, 2021
Sheera Frenkel is a cybersecurity reporter at the New York Times and the author of a new book about Facebook. (Photo/Beowulf Sheehan)
Posted inCulture

Oakland author of Facebook exposé cut her teeth in the Mideast

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 2, 2021August 6, 2021

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