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Jason Alexander, upper right, invites non-Jews Josh Groban, upper left, Darren Criss, lower left and Rachel Brosnahan to join in a virtual Seder webcast on YouTube, April 11, 2020.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Star-studded Saturday Night Seder yields 1M viewers, $2.6M for charity and 4 big insights about the Jewish people

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 14, 2020April 14, 2020
Friendship Circle volunteer Jamie Sloves, 14, with her buddy Ben Kramer, 11, taking some quiet time on the playground. (COURTESY FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE)
Posted inHealth

How parents of kids with mental health issues are coping with shelter-in-place

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett April 14, 2020May 5, 2020
The staff of the Jewish Bulletin (J.'s former name) in 1980: managing editor Geoffrey Fisher (top row, left), assistant editor Phil Bronstein (top row, second from right) and ad manager Charles Block (front row), with colleagues (clockwise, from top left) Brunhilda Sierra, Peggy Isaak, Mary Fong, Marjorie Glazer and Nancy Royfe.
Posted inOpinion

If Jewish newspapers disappear, the results would be devastating

Jonathan D. Sarna by Jonathan D. Sarna April 14, 2020
Erel Arnold, who graduated from Jewish Community High School of the Bay last year, heard about the opportunity to call senior residents through his sister, a junior at the high school. (COURTESY ARNOLD)
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish teens and quarantined seniors find companionship over the phone

by Gabriel Greschler April 14, 2020April 24, 2020
Hallie Dolcourt’s seder setup (COURTESY DOLCOURT)
Posted inPassover

How Bay Area Jews coped with seder-in-place

by J. Staff April 13, 2020April 14, 2020
Debbie Findling's father at 10 years old, on the ship that brought him to America. He's in the first row wearing glasses. (COURTESY FINDLING)
Posted inOpinion

Compared with what our ancestors dealt with — we can do this

by Debbie Findling April 13, 2020April 15, 2020
Rabbi Stacey Friedman of Congregation Rodef Sholom livestreams Havdalah with son Eli.
Posted inNews

Silver lining: Huge numbers ‘attend’ online Jewish events

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 13, 2020April 14, 2020
Miriam Groman, who turned 100 on April 5, with Rachel Freeman, whose grandfather is Groman's partner, in 2018. (COURTESY FREEMAN)
Posted inCalifornia

Woman Zooms to 100 with virtual birthday party

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 10, 2020April 10, 2020
KGO radio host John Rothmann on the air. (KGO 810/JASON ABELEDA)
Posted inBay Area

Everyone’s home, and that’s good news for talk radio host John Rothmann

by Andy Altman-Ohr April 10, 2020April 15, 2020
With the Tikkun Emanu-El Shuk, San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El is helping local businesses find a new online audience.
Posted inBay Area

S.F. synagogue launches online ‘shuk’ to save small businesses

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 10, 2020

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