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Rabbi Yoel Kahn (left) speaking on a panel at the 2015 convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. (Photo/File)
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Rabbi Yoel Kahn retires after 36 years of service to Bay Area Jews

by Dan Pine August 16, 2021August 17, 2021

Thirty-six years after landing his first job out of rabbinical school, Rabbi Yoel Kahn has decided the time has come to retire. He had held multiple Bay Area pulpit and […]

Eli Kane, flanked by his parents Scott and Nancy Kane (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inNews

Tawonga counselor, Berkeley High grad drowns near camp

by Sue Fishkoff July 17, 2021July 20, 2021
Dec. 2018 reopening of the remodeled UC Berkeley Hillel building. (Photo/file)
Posted inNews

Berkeley police make arrest after vandalism at three Jewish sites

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 12, 2021
Screenshot from a KPIX segment on the donation.
Posted inPhilanthropy

East Bay synagogues donate 232,000 meals to food bank

by J. Staff December 24, 2020December 24, 2020
Youth Spirit's Tiny House Village in Oakland will begin housing homeless youth in January 2021. (Photo/Daniel Arauz)
Posted inUncategorized

Tiny colorful houses for homeless Oakland youth almost ready

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Rabbi Mark Bloom streams a live Shabbat service from Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, May 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Covid, race protests, wildfires on tap for High Holiday sermons

by Sue Fishkoff September 8, 2020September 8, 2020
Cantor Toby Glaser rehearses a prerecorded High Holiday service at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Aug. 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inJewish Life

Prerecorded services, backyard worship, a drive-in: finding new ways to uphold tradition this High Holiday season

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
Empty entrance to the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, which closed its facility in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo/Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inBay Area

JCCs close, hundreds furloughed as Bay Area Jewish orgs feel weight of coronavirus

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 30, 2020March 31, 2020
From the cover of "The Chanukah Bears of Marin Circle" written by Hope Alper and illustrated by Jennifer Silverman.
Posted inHolidays

The story of Berkeley roundabout’s bear cubs becomes Hanukkah children’s book

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 4, 2019December 4, 2019
Youth Spirit Artworks teens and staff (clockwise from left) Jackson Hardamon, Mary Stackiewicz, Jordan Foster and Jason Wilson (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inBay Area, News

Interfaith coalition building tiny houses for homeless youth

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 16, 2019April 18, 2019

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