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Covid-19

Elior Amar, Jewish Agency Israel Fellow at UC Santa Cruz Hillel, at the 2020 AIPAC conference. (Photo/Courtesy Amar)
Posted inLocal Voice

In Santa Cruz, building a college pro-Israel community in challenging times

Elior Amar by Elior Amar November 30, 2020December 3, 2020
"Thanksgiving at Plymouth" by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1925.
Posted inThanksgiving

Thanksgiving was established during an American crisis. Then and now, Judaism teaches us to be grateful.

Rabbi Moshe Hauer by Rabbi Moshe Hauer and JTA November 25, 2020November 25, 2020
A recent session of Temple Isaiah's JQuest Hebrew school. (Photo/Courtesy Temple Isaiah)
Posted inEducation

Learning Hebrew in ‘Hebrew school’? That’s not always the point.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020November 24, 2020
Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ San Francisco food bank has become a primary food source for many during the pandemic. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inOpinion

We must step up our charitable giving — our tzedakah — during the pandemic

by Yvette Alt Miller and JTA November 23, 2020November 23, 2020
This Solano County supervisors meeting on Nov. 17 was disrupted at the beginning by rowdy anti-maskers who compared pandemic safety precautions to the Nazi regime. (Screenshot from livestream)
Posted inNews

Anti-maskers disrupt Solano County supes meeting with Nazi salutes

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 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
Screenshot from a JVS Job Search Accelerator training session in April. (Photo/Courtesy JVS)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish Vocational Service in high demand as pandemic unemployment skyrockets

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 19, 2020November 19, 2020
an empty park bench on a path near some trees
Posted inParenting

My much-needed, spontaneous pandemic chill-out

by Julie Levine November 18, 2020
Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer's chief scientist, is a Jew from Sweden. (Photos/JTA-Pfizer and Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Mikael Dolsten, the Jewish immigrant leading Pfizer’s vaccine charge, hopes the US stays a melting pot

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA November 17, 2020November 17, 2020
Rhoda Goldman Plaza in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inSeniors

Steep rise in coronavirus cases at S.F.’s Rhoda Goldman Plaza

by Gabriel Greschler September 25, 2020September 25, 2020

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