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Rabbi Yonatan Cohen and Frayda Gonshor Cohen address Congregation Beth Israel on June 14. (Hagit Caspi/Courtesy Beth Israel)
Posted inBay Area

Berkeley’s Beth Israel celebrates two decades of rabbi’s leadership

by Cayla Labgold-Carroll June 18, 2026June 18, 2026

When Rabbi Yonatan Cohen and Frayda Gonshor Cohen moved to the Bay Area in their early 20s, the couple found instant community at his first rabbinical job leading Congregation Beth […]

A protester holds a poster with a photo of 23-year-old  Hersh Goldberg-Polin as people gather with signs calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7, during a rally in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jack Guez-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Berkeley-born hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin seen alive in apparently recent video released by Hamas

by JTA April 24, 2024
Garbage and abandoned shopping carts litter the underpass under I-80 in Emeryville, where homeless people often sleep, Nov. 21, 2021.(Photo/Fran Quittel)
Posted inBay Area

She contacted Caltrans 75 times to clean up a dirty I-80 off-ramp

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss November 23, 2021November 24, 2021
Dr. Stephen Hall smiles with his "Covid-19 Vaccination Record Card" after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, Dec. 21, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inBay Area

Vaccine registry part of some synagogue reopening plans

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 30, 2021July 6, 2021
Two photos side-by-side: On the left, a young white woman stands smiling outside. On the right, a white cake with red decorations on top.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Layer by layer, stunning kosher cakes rise in the East Bay

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 28, 2021May 7, 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
a little boy and a little girl sit on the ground wearing masks playing
Posted inEducation

Mostly ups, a few downs as Jewish preschools respond to Covid scares

by Gabriel Greschler November 20, 2020November 23, 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
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
a large room with four men in it praying very far apart
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‘No singing, no Kiddush, no nothing’: Chabads first to reopen for prayer services during pandemic

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 6, 2020

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