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Sara Glass is the author of "Kissing Girls on Shabbat."
Posted inBooks

‘Kissing Girls on Shabbat’: Gay ex-Hasidic therapist coming to OFJCC

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2025April 28, 2025

Sara Glass was only 19 when she married. As she describes in her memoir, “Kissing Girls on Shabbat,” she may have looked like a picture-perfect ultra-Orthodox bride. But inside, she […]

Three people talking
Posted inBay Area

Why this Jewish teen program in Palo Alto leaned into antisemitism after Oct. 7

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 3, 2024May 15, 2024
a man stands speaking at a podium. a banner in the background reads "A VIBRANT DIASPORA"
Posted inLocal Voice

At Z3, we have no time for false moral equivalence

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner November 2, 2023
Kosher Oasis customers enjoying their meal al fresco at the Oshman Family JCC. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Joey Felsen)
Posted inJewish Life

Kosher community loses ‘oasis’ of falafel, sushi and Yemenite specialties at Palo Alto JCC

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 19, 2023June 27, 2023
Meira Academy is housed at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Photo/meiraacademy.org)
Posted inBay Area

Facing low enrollment, the Bay Area’s only all-girls Orthodox school will close next year

by Dan Pine June 14, 2023
The author's Zumba instructor, Asya Deliahmedova, dancing at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Photo/Instagram @asinka82)
Posted inAct Two

True confessions of a lifelong klutz now hooked on Zumba

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent June 14, 2023June 14, 2023
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaking at the 125th anniversary of the first Zionist Congress, in the same ballroom where the original event took place. (Photo/Zack Bodner)
Posted inOpinion

At 125th anniversary of Zionism, looking forward to Zionism 3.0

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner September 1, 2022
Zack Bodner (center, back row) and the mitzvah team in Houston.
Posted inOpinion

Hanukkah in Houston, shedding a sweet light in darkness

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner December 18, 2017December 18, 2017
Zack Bodner, CEO of Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, speaking at the 2017 Zionism 3.0 conference. (Photo/Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish millennials view Israel differently — ignore them at your peril

Kyle Fradkin by Kyle Fradkin November 7, 2017November 7, 2017
Artist's rendering of the proposed park and fire pit at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto
Posted inBay Area, News

New addition to Palo Alto JCC: park and pavilion join the mix

by J. Staff July 11, 2017July 11, 2017

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