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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 […]

Students say the Shabbat blessings at SF Hillel's "Shabbat Sha-Blessings" pop-up event at USF in fall of 2022. (Photo/Courtesy S.F. Hillel)
Posted inLocal Voice

Some Jewish college students face a more basic problem than antisemitism: hunger

Roger Feigelson by Roger Feigelson August 2, 2023August 2, 2023
Collin Doran stands outside his Homemade Cafe in Berkeley. The Stars of David in the mural are made of bacon strips. (Photo/Charlotte Doran)
Posted inJewish Life

With a $5 ask, Homemade Cafe fights hunger on Berkeley’s streets

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 1, 2023June 8, 2023
R. Elysa Gurman spoke up in support of a housing proposal for unhoused people in her area of Santa Clara at a community meeting, March 1, 2023. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inLocal Voice

Housing the unhoused: If not now, when? And if not in your neighborhood, where?

R. Elysa Gurman by R. Elysa Gurman March 17, 2023March 17, 2023
JFCS Kosher Meals on Wheels program in San Francisco delivers hot, nutritious meals to homebound seniors who keep kosher. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS)
Posted inBay Area

Panel on Jewish poverty will shine a light on a hidden topic

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 25, 2023
Vouchers for Veggies — a program of EatSF, which was founded by Dr. Hilary Seligman — can be exchanged at grocery stores or farmer's markets for fresh fruit and vegetables.
Posted inJewish Life

Q&A: Dr. Hilary Seligman fights food insecurity in S.F. with fresh fruits and veggies

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene January 25, 2023February 8, 2023
Rabbi Jeremy Sher leads the Open Shabbat service at the 16th Street BART station in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

‘Open Shabbat’ welcomes the Sabbath with San Francisco’s unhoused

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 25, 2022November 11, 2023
A range of Susie Fishman's Meet My Kneads spices. (Photo/Susie Fishman)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Spices with funny Jewish names fight hunger on college campuses

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 28, 2022April 28, 2022
Tents are seen along "Skid Row" in downtown Los Angeles, July 8, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Flickr Commons-Russ Allison Loar)
Posted inUncategorized

Why my L.A. synagogue is building a 55-unit housing development for unhoused seniors

Brooke Wirtschafter by Brooke Wirtschafter and JTA March 25, 2022March 28, 2022
Purim groggers, masks and hamantaschen (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inOpinion

On Purim, we remember that charity alone will not end hunger

by Naama Haviv March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

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