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Jewish history

A Thanksgiving greeting card from 1908
Posted inEditorial

From our archives: Newspapers of Thanksgivings past — 1909, 1924, 1958

by J. Editorial Board November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
Former basketball player Dan Grunfeld's new book tells the story of his family, including his Holocaust survivor grandmother, Lily Grunfeld.
Posted inBooks

Stanford alum Dan Grunfeld shares family’s story, from Holocaust to basketball fame

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 23, 2021November 24, 2021
American-born Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League, in Jerusalem (Photo/JTA-David H. Wells-Corbis via Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

How Meir Kahane’s extremist ideas entered the Jewish mainstream

by Emily Burack and JTA November 5, 2021
Andrew Porwancher is the author of "The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton."
Posted inHistory

Bastard. Orphan. And Jew? New book explores ‘The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton’

Barbara Hassid by Barbara Hassid October 11, 2021October 13, 2021
From the cover of "Antiquities" by Cynthia Ozick.
Posted inBooks

Dwell in the past with 2 new books, including Cynthia Ozick’s latest

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 12, 2021June 9, 2021
A choir in a synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, in the 1960s. (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inWorld

Egypt introduces Judaism into its school curriculum

David Ian Klein by David Ian Klein and Forward March 11, 2021
Jon Ossoff with his wife, Dr. Alisha Kramer, at the presidential inauguration ceremony, Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Tom Williams-CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jon Ossoff had a totem of his American Jewish heritage in his pocket when he joined the Senate

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 21, 2021January 21, 2021
The "Little Shul," located behind the main building of Temple Beth Sholom in San Leandro, seen here ca. 1940, is one of many Jewish treasures travelers can visit on a trip to Gold Country. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inHistory

A road trip through Jewish Gold Country

by Gabriel Greschler November 25, 2020December 8, 2020
Rachel Brahinsky is co-author of "A People's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area."
Posted inCulture

Going ‘beneath the sidewalk’ to reveal the Bay Area’s untold history

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 14, 2020October 15, 2020
Noam Sienna is the author of “A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969.”
Posted inPride

A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 29, 2020July 8, 2020

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