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Campers at Club Ed International Surfing School. (Photo/Forward-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

My generation of parents is ruining sleep-away summer camp

Jodi Rudoren by Jodi Rudoren and Forward July 18, 2022
A Passover seder in 2019. (Photo/JTA-Creative Touch Imagine Ltd/Nurphoto)
Posted inUncategorized

As in-person Seders return, some vulnerable Jews are being left behind

by Stav Ziv and Forward April 14, 2022
Masked congregants at Congregation Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service on June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inLocal Voice

Plea from a disabled Jew: the pandemic isn’t over

Mariyama Scott by Mariyama Scott March 18, 2022March 30, 2022
Congregation Emanu-El Forest School participants walk along the Mountain Lake Trail in San Francisco's Presidio. (Photo/Michael Gutnick)
Posted inEducation

Emanu-El ‘forest’ preschool grows out of pandemic pivot

Michael Gutnick by Michael Gutnick March 17, 2022
Congregants at Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service of the pandemic, June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inNews

More Bay Area synagogues are going mask-optional

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 16, 2022March 16, 2022
Travelers at Ben Gurion Airport, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel to allow unvaccinated tourists to enter beginning March 1

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA February 22, 2022
Rabbis are leaving their jobs in unusually large numbers as the pandemic enters its third year. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

The Great Resignation is fueling a rabbinic hiring crisis that could leave synagogues without leaders

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA January 31, 2022
An Israeli health care worker prepares a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at a health clinic in Jerusalem, Jan. 14, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ahmad Gharabli-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israeli panel recommends 4th Covid vaccine for all adults over 18

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 26, 2022
Antisemitic flyer
Posted inBay Area

‘Goyim TV’ flyers claiming Covid is Jewish plot land in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 24, 2022January 31, 2022
A police vehicle sits outside of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 16, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Andy Jacobsohn-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I hope the Texas hostage crisis won’t curb in-person synagogue gatherings

Raphael Magarik by Raphael Magarik January 18, 2022

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