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S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie gave the keynote address at the city's Yom HaShoah commemoration at the JCCSF. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

How a Nazi bookstore led to S.F.’s Yom HaShoah observance and the ‘courage to act’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 14, 2026April 14, 2026

San Francisco’s Jewish community held its first Yom HaShoah ceremony on May 3, 1978, just one short and painful year after the opening of a Nazi bookstore across from a […]

State Sen. Scott Wiener waves to the crowd during the San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade on June 29, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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After ‘genocide’ statement, will Wiener’s LGBTQ Jewish base still support him?

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 29, 2026January 29, 2026
a plate of weed nuggets next to three joints
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Put public health before cannabis cafés; Wake-up call for liberal Jews; etc.

by J. Readers March 7, 2023
(From left) State Sen. Scott Wiener, JCCSF CEO Paul Geduldig, and JCRC CEO Tyler Gregory at the Wallenberg Club forum, Oct. 24, 2022.
(Photo/Lillian Ilsley-Greene)
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S.F. Jewish Dem club hosts pre-election forum with Breed, Jenkins, Wiener and more

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene October 25, 2022October 26, 2022
The trip, which included two participants who were raised in the Bahá’í religion, included a visit to the Bahá’í Gardens in Haifa. (Photo/Courtesy JCRC)
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JCRC trip gives Berkeley mayor and other Bay Area officials a 360 look at Israel

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 7, 2022June 8, 2022

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