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Rita Semel at her home in San Francisco in 2020. (Norm Levin/J.)
Posted inFirst Person

A tribute to the extraordinary 104-year life of Rita Semel

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn May 28, 2026June 11, 2026

Note: This tribute is adapted from the writer’s introduction to the oral history of Rita Semel as part of the Oral History Project at UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library and was […]

Candidates vying to replace Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress this week amid sexual misconduct allegations, were the focus of a Bay Area Jewish Action webinar on issues of concern to Jewish voters, April 17, 2026. (Screenshot/BAJA webinar)
Posted inPolitics

The ‘genocide question’ grips California Democratic primaries

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 17, 2026April 29, 2026
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie delivers a press conference during which a disruptor chanted "tax the Jews." (Screenshot via YouTube)
Posted inBay Area

S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie condemns ‘Tax the Jews’ chant heard during protest

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg February 26, 2026February 26, 2026
“There is a moment of darkness here,” U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-San Jose) says during a JCRC event on Dec. 20, the seventh night of Hanukkah, at Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Elected officials join event condemning ‘human swastika’ at San Jose high school

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 22, 2025December 22, 2025
(From left) State Sen. Scott Wiener, JCCSF CEO Paul Geduldig, and JCRC CEO Tyler Gregory at the Wallenberg Club forum, Oct. 24, 2022.
(Photo/Lillian Ilsley-Greene)
Posted inNews

S.F. Jewish Dem club hosts pre-election forum with Breed, Jenkins, Wiener and more

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene October 25, 2022October 26, 2022
Shay Cohen was one of the UC Berkeley students who spoke at the forum. (Photo/screenshot)
Posted inNews

Jewish students at Berkeley Law tell their side of the story

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 7, 2022October 7, 2022
San Francisco Unified School District students walking to class on the first day of school, Aug. 17, 2022. (Photo/Instagram @londonbreed)
Posted inEducation

S.F. school board backtracks on Muslim holidays until new ‘calendering process’ is developed

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 21, 2022September 25, 2022
Rabbi Mark Bloom of Temple Beth Abraham gives closing remarks at an Jewish community mayoral forum held at Temple Sinai in Oakland, Sept. 15, 2022. Candidates (from left: Loren Taylor, Treva Reid and Sheng Thao. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inNews

Oakland mayoral candidates tiptoe around Israel at wide-ranging Jewish forum

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 16, 2022September 17, 2022
Ken Burns speaking at the Library of Congress in 2019 (Photo/Shawn Miller-Library of Congress)
Posted inOpinion

JCRC mayoral forum should be more inclusive; Ken Burns wrong on FDR; etc.

by J. Readers September 15, 2022
California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaking at the Here I Am event, Sept. 12, 2022. (Photo/Twitter @SFJCRC)
Posted inNews

AG Rob Bonta joins Santa Clara County officials to say #HereIAm in stand against antisemitism

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 13, 2022September 14, 2022

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