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The Jewish Folk Chorus, which turns 100 years old this year, performs at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco, May 14, 1939. (Courtesy)
Posted inMusic

Jewish Folk Chorus of S.F. celebrates 100 years with renewed energy

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert June 9, 2026June 10, 2026

When Renée Enteen joined the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco in the mid-1980s, the vocal ensemble was facing an uncertain future.  Founded by socialist-minded Petaluma chicken farmers in 1926 […]

“Thank You HaShem,” reads the decorated top of a mortarboard at Jewish Community High School of the Bay Class of 2025's graduation ceremony. (Lisa Duncan)
Posted inEducation

What a day school education meant to these graduates

by J. Staff May 29, 2026May 29, 2026
Sign on the front gate of Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inBay Area

Bomb and gun threats called in to JCHS and Kehillah Jewish high schools 

by J. Staff January 27, 2023January 30, 2023
11th-graders Mirabai Ari (left) and Ben Imershein with their adopted drain, "Drain and Abel" (Photo/Courtesy JCHS)
Posted inEducation

‘Drain and Abel’: JCHS students join city’s punny ‘Adopt-A-Drain’ program

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 12, 2023January 12, 2023
A student looks at an unrolled Torah at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School. (Photo/file)
Posted inEducation

‘It was all my kids wanted to talk about’: How Bay Area Jewish schools handled Uvalde tragedy

by Dan Pine June 3, 2022June 7, 2022
Noah, a student at Brandeis Marin, in a first-grade class in 2021. (Photo/Anya Shuteroff)
Posted inEducation

Pandemic’s impact on Jewish schools: more students, more financial need

Jew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 27, 2022June 8, 2022
The JCHS girls soccer team after winning the North Coast Section championship. (Photo/Sean Moler)
Posted inSports

JCHS girls soccer makes history with first-ever conference title

by Ryan Torok May 23, 2022
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg attend the 2020 Breakthrough Prize Red Carpet at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California on Nov. 3, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Ian Tuttle-Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan give $1.3 million to Jewish causes, mostly in Bay Area

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA September 20, 2021September 22, 2021
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
Yosef Rosen teaching a senior seminar, Issues in Jewish Thought, at Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy JCHS)
Posted inEducation

Graduation 2021: Socially distanced, but still together

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 28, 2021June 2, 2021

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