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Students at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto during the 2020-21 school year. (Photo/Deena Riddle)
Posted inEducation

Kehillah students must be vaxed. Other local Jewish schools are still weighing their options.

by Gabriel Greschler August 18, 2021August 23, 2021
A syringe and a bottle reading "Covid-19 Vaccine" next to the Pfizer company logo in Jerusalem on December 10, 2020.
(Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Posted inBay Area

Q&A: Fighting the war against vaccine misinformation and fear

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 17, 2021August 17, 2021
Benjamin Netanyahu visits a vaccination center in Jerusalem, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Marc Israel Sellem-Pool-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Why is Bibi in San Francisco looking so sad?

by J. Staff August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
Vitali Voskoboinik stands with his daughter, Yulia Nedzvetski, in the garden of his home at Terrace Senior Housing in Pacifica. (Photo/Lea Loeb)
Posted inBay Area

This Holocaust refugee was on death’s doorstep. But with the help of his daughter, he beat Covid-19 against all odds.

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
A congregant recites the blessing on the Shabbat candles at Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service on June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inNews

Synagogues had big High Holiday plans. Then came the delta variant.

by Gabriel Greschler August 12, 2021August 12, 2021
Last year, Natan Sharansky recorded a video on how to handle quarantine based on his experience as a political prisoner. (Screenshot/JTA-YouTube)
Posted inNews

Natan Sharansky offered advice to cope with Covid lockdowns. Now he’s recovering from the virus.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 11, 2021August 12, 2021
Temple Sinai in Oakland. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons-Jayjg)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland Temple Sinai halts preschool camp due to six Covid cases

by Gabriel Greschler August 10, 2021August 10, 2021
Stanford University students in Jerusalem on a Birthright Israel trip in 2017.
Posted inNews

Citing new quarantine rules, Birthright cancels remaining summer trips to Israel

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 10, 2021August 10, 2021
Camp Tawonga sign
Posted inNorthern California

Tawonga cancels a camp session due to California Covid surge

by Gabriel Greschler August 2, 2021August 3, 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 inU.S.

Guess which religious group is most likely to be vaccinated

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward July 29, 2021

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