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Food donation barrels at the Jewish Family and Children's Services food bank in San Francisco last year. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Hidden from view, more Bay Area Jews are struggling financially

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 19, 2025December 20, 2025

As Jewish communities face a cascade of overlapping crises, the question many donors are asking this season is not whether to give, but where their support is needed most. From […]

Jewish Community Library Director Howard Freedman at the library in San Francisco on July 11, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish LearningWorks ends ties with Jewish Community Library

by Dan Pine July 11, 2023July 12, 2023
Dana Sheanin is the CEO of Jewish LearningWorks.
Posted inFirst Person

Jewish life, Covid-19 and the rebuilding power of women

Dana Sheanin (Photo/Courtesy Jewish LearningWorks) by Dana Sheanin April 20, 2021April 27, 2021
Dana Sheanin is the CEO of Jewish LearningWorks.
Posted inEducation

New top exec at Jewish LearningWorks ready for action

by Dan Pine August 27, 2020August 30, 2020
Jewish LearningWorks’ David Waksberg speaking to a group of Jewish educators. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish LearningWorks)
Posted inNews

Class dismissed: Jewish LearningWorks CEO David Waksberg retires

by Dan Pine May 28, 2020June 12, 2020
Nancy Parkes (dipping her brush) leading a session on social, emotional and spiritual learning at "Elevate: Inspiring New Paths in Jewish Education," Jan. 13 in San Francisco. (Laura Turbow)
Posted inEducation

Israel, ‘chill pills’ and masculinity: the new Jewish education

by J. Staff January 22, 2020April 29, 2020
Members of Jewish Youth for Climate Justice at the Sept. 20, 2019, climate protest in San Francisco (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inOpinion

Why we must forge new paths in Jewish education

by David Waksberg November 18, 2019
From the cover of "On Division" by Goldie Goldbloom
Posted inBooks

This year’s One Bay One Book pick is novel by Australian Hasidic author

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 6, 2019September 6, 2019
From the cover of "The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth
Posted inBooks

Philip Roth’s prescient ‘Plot Against America’ is focus of event series

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 19, 2019March 20, 2019
Debbie Findling speaking at a panel on abortion in the Jewish community at Jewish Community Library in San Francisco, March 10, 2019 (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inBay Area

Personal stories and ways forward in frank conversation on abortion

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 12, 2019

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