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A person wears wings with the colors of the trans flag colors during the Pride Shabbat ritual and picnic hosted by Congregation Sha’ar Zahav and Kehilla Community Synagogue in 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Upcoming events: ‘Our Queer History,’ Trans March Shabbat, Jewish mysticism

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Updated at 5 p.m. So much happens in our community every day that it can be hard to sift through all of the events. We’re highlighting a few here, in […]

Shabbat at Urban Adamah
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Upcoming events: ‘Herbal Medicine Magic,’ Pride and pizza, grandmothering

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JCCSF marches in Pride Parade 2023
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Upcoming events: Pride, comedy, grandmothers and a service project

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Pride parade
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Upcoming events: Pride Shabbat, Berkeley supper club, climate change anxiety

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Sesame seeds
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Upcoming events: Crypto-Jews, LGBTQ Israeli youth, all foods sesame

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Participants circle the room during Shavuot at Chochmat HaLev in Berkeley, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Upcoming events: Shavuot joy, open mic and ‘magick recipes’

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Community members sing during a Lag Ba’Omer bonfire at Urban Adamah in Berkeley. (Courtesy Sacred Music Fellowship)
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Bonfires, drum circles and music at Lag Ba’Omer events around the Bay Area

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Author Daniel Handler (right),  better known as Lemony Snicket, talks about his career with J.'s then-Editor-in-Chief Chanan Tigay during the Jewish Arts & Bookfest at the Magnes in 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Upcoming events: Mizrahi music, Jewish book fest, Lag Ba’Omer bonfires

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Menachem Silverstein on stage at the Laugh Factory. (Courtesy)
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Upcoming events: Comedy. Coexistence. Bookfest.

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A JFCS volunteer at the Mitzvah Makers event
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Upcoming events: Jonathan Safran Foer. Mitzvah Makers. Jewish music.

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