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S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation

Paula Pretlow (right) with her daughter Alison in Jerusalem.
Posted inBay Area, Analysis, Jewish Life

Jews of color, once sidelined, now being recruited by Jewish agencies

Rachele Kanigel by Rachele Kanigel August 5, 2021March 10, 2025
New S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation board members (clockwise from top left): Lindsey Newman, Andy Cheng, Natasha Kehimkar and Kenny Kahn.
Posted inNews

Half of new Federation board members are Jews of color

by Gabriel Greschler July 2, 2021July 6, 2021
The Steuart Street entrance to the offices of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation. Inset: Federation CEO Danny Grossman. (Photos/from file)
Posted inBay Area

Pandemic accelerated Federation’s shift from ‘community chest’ to broader role

by Sue Fishkoff June 17, 2021June 17, 2021
UCSF's Dr. Robert Wachter was part of a Federation-sponsored webinar on post-pandemic reopening in the Jewish community.
Posted inBay Area

Communal leaders fire questions at doctor as they plan post-pandemic reopenings

by Sue Fishkoff April 22, 2021April 22, 2021
A group of young Bay Area Jews, many of whom were involved with a sit-in for Jewish education in 1972, pose as "chalutzim" at UC Berkeley in the '70s. Standing (from left): Elaine Schlackman, David De Nola, Marcie Lincoff, David Lichtenstein, Arnie Druck, Jack Morgenstein,
Buddy Timberg, Judy Timberg and Shaul Osadchy. Seated/kneeling (from left): David Biale, Jane Rubin, Miri Gold, Bradley Burston, Ken Bob and the Timbergs' dog.
Posted inHistory

‘We organized like a military operation’: Remembering a radical Jewish sit-in 50 years ago in S.F.

by Liz Harris April 8, 2021April 10, 2021
Police use tear gas around the Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters breached the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Lev Radin-Pacific Press-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

In riot’s wake, Federations chief pledges training to avoid repeats of grants to far-right groups

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 18, 2021
Benioff sits on stage with a mic across from another man
Posted inNews

Federation’s marquee Day of Philanthropy goes multi-day

by Dan Pine January 11, 2021January 11, 2021
a pile of dollar bills
Posted inPhilanthropy

How to give effectively during a deluge of need

Michael Chertok by Michael Chertok October 8, 2020
Chanan Tigay, shown here in Venice, crisscrossed the globe to research his book. (Photo/Emanuele Dello Strologo)
Posted inCulture

Journalist and SFSU professor Chanan Tigay wins Cowan literary prize for Biblical whodunnit

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 28, 2020July 30, 2020
Firefighter puts out fire in a forest
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Jewish community on high alert as wildfire season nears

by Dan Pine July 21, 2020

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