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Or Shalom Jewish Community

Frances Kunkel gazes upon her works during a lesson on making pickles at Or Shalom Jewish Community in San Francisco, March 24, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Why are pickles such a big hit with S.F. religious school kids?

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 16, 2025June 3, 2025

Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. When Sarah Moss Yanuck bought a jar of pickles as snacks for her religious school students last year, […]

Or Shalom's new building in Bernal Heights.  (Photo/Open Homes Photography)
Posted inCommunity

After 30 years, San Francisco’s Or Shalom finally has a home of its own

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene September 23, 2022September 27, 2022
Rabbis Ted Feldman (left) and Katie Mizrahi (right) are moving on from current posts, while Rabbi Amanda Russell (center) has been promoted.
Posted inBay Area

Rabbis on the move: departures and promotions across the Bay Area

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 22, 2022April 27, 2022
Abi Finer-Tominaga sounds the shofar in front of his house in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. (Photo/Yuki Tominaga)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Wail of the shofar connects Bay Area Jews in uncertain time

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 15, 2020September 16, 2020
Holocaust survivor Irene Butter
Posted inSeniors

Survivor with ties to Anne Frank to speak at S.F. synagogue

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi February 7, 2019February 10, 2019
two men light candles in the middle of a packed sanctuary
Posted inBay Area

At Bay Area vigils, a show of solidarity

by J. Staff October 29, 2018December 2, 2018
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, president of the newly renamed Reconstructing Judaism
Posted inNews

Reconstructionist umbrella reconstructs branding as Reconstructing Judaism

by Dan Pine January 30, 2018March 19, 2018
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Jewish community to join in Bay Area women’s marches

by Jessica Nemire January 17, 2017January 17, 2017

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