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coronavirus

A FaceTime funeral streamed from New York to Berkeley on a snowy day. (DAPHNE WHITE)
Posted inOpinion

A FaceTime funeral in the time of Covid-19

by Daphne White April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
San Francisco Giants Manager Gabe Kapler (center) at a press conference, Nov. 13, 2019. (Gabe Stutman)
Posted inSports

Giants manager Gabe Kapler plays video games to stay sharp as he waits for baseball season

Marc Brodsky by Marc Brodsky and JTA April 6, 2020April 6, 2020
Jeanne Henzel Swartz in her workshop. (MAURICE RAMIREZ)
Posted inBay Area

Idea born at Oakland temple: Making plastic masks for medical workers

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 3, 2020April 3, 2020
Amid all the darkness in the world right now, Rachel Luck took this photo last week of a rainbow over the dome of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco.
Posted inJewish Life

Feel-good pandemic photos from Jews around the Bay

by J. Staff April 3, 2020April 3, 2020
"The Holy of Holies" from the 1890 Holman Bible
Posted inPassover

Passover in the Holy of Holies

Rabbi Gedalia Potash by Rabbi Gedalia Potash April 3, 2020April 3, 2020
Jay and Phyllis Koppelman were among the first Californians to test positive for Covid-19. (COURTESY JAY KOPPELMAN)
Posted inNews

Local Jewish couple in their 70s recounts battle with Covid-19

by Gabriel Greschler April 3, 2020April 14, 2020
From a 1948 issue of The Ladies' Home Journal (WIKIMEDIA)
Posted inParenting

Our isolation has rekindled my motherly ways — and I like it

by Julie Levine April 3, 2020
A view outside the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan in New York City. (JTA/NOAM GALAI/GETTY)
Posted inU.S.

The pandemic, and how the Jewish community survives it

by Ron Kampeas April 3, 2020
Rabbi Idit Solomon is the founder and CEO of Hasidah, a Jewish fertility nonprofit based in Berkeley.
Posted inLocal Voice

I’m physically distancing, but socially leaning in

Rabbi Idit Solomon by Rabbi Idit Solomon April 2, 2020April 2, 2020
Santa Rita Jail, where Ross Farca has been held since November 2019.
Posted inNews

Judge denies Ross Farca’s motion for release in phone hearing

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 2, 2020April 2, 2020

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