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Jewish refugees arrive in San Francisco from Shanghai on the USS General M.C. Meigs, 1949 (Photo/Courtesy U.C. Berkeley Bancroft Library)
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75 years ago this week: San Francisco was ‘Port of Hope’ for Jewish refugees from Shanghai

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 17, 2022August 17, 2022
We'll miss you, Sue Fishkoff! (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inLocal Voice

You can’t get away that easily, Fishkoff!

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett July 7, 2022July 7, 2022
J. Editor Sue Fishkoff at her office in downtown San Francisco in 2018. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inLetter to Readers

Retiring J. editor Sue Fishkoff: ‘It’s been a wonderful ride’

by Sue Fishkoff July 7, 2022July 7, 2022
Ethiopian Israeli musician Gili Yalo will perform at the Krakow’s Jewish Culture Festival Pop-Up. (Photo/Michael Topyol)
Posted inMusic

Krakow Jewish Culture Fest comes to Golden Gate Park, featuring Gili Yalo, Happie Hoffman, Jeremiah Lockwood

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 28, 2022April 29, 2022
From the society page in our Sept. 1, 1922 edition
Posted inFrom the Archives

Once upon a time, our ‘Society’ pages chronicled the lives of Jewish women

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 9, 2022
Mazel tov to our colleague, Esther D. Kustanowitz!
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J. TV columnist Esther D. Kustanowitz wins national arts journalism award from LA Press Club

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 18, 2022January 17, 2023
(From left) J. Digital Editor David A.M. Wilensky and J. Culture Editor Andrew Esensten at the wedding of Aminah Ha Rofah and
Micael Ben Shaleahk.
Posted inLocal Voice

Why we covered a Hebrew Israelite wedding

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
Joe Eskenazi is managing editor of Mission Local. (Photo/Eliyahu Kamisher)
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Before taking on the Mission District, Joe Eskenazi raked muck in Jewish S.F.

by Eliyahu Kamisher October 5, 2021October 5, 2021
Gabriel Greschler on one of his first reporting expeditions for J., to a Wilderness Torah retreat.
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Working at J. has taught me what really matters as a journalist

by Gabriel Greschler September 15, 2021September 15, 2021
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by J. Staff August 3, 2021

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