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Rabbi Nancy Wechsler (center-right) is retiring from Congregation Beth Shalom, a small Reform synagogue in Carmichael, just outside of Sacramento. (Courtesy)
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Sacramento area synagogue honors retiring Rabbi Nancy Wechsler

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 26, 2026May 29, 2026

Updated at 4 p.m. After 23 years at the helm of Congregation Beth Shalom, a small Reform synagogue in Carmichael outside Sacramento, Rabbi Nancy Wechsler is stepping down from its […]

Adam Eilath, head of school at Wornick Jewish Day School in Foster City. (Courtesy Wornick Jewish Day School)
Posted inEducation

Heads of six Jewish schools say hello and goodbye in the Bay Area and beyond 

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 20, 2026April 21, 2026
California state capitol building with dome
Posted inCalifornia

California bill would add Jewish identity as an ethnicity on forms

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 30, 2026March 31, 2026
Group of people stand in a circle in a kitchen
Posted inNorthern California

Entering the chat: Sacramento’s young adult Jews find new ways of finding each other

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 3, 2026February 9, 2026
Two teens stand under a tallit while two others hold it.
Posted inEducation

‘We’re just like you’: Sacramento teens teach non-Jewish peers about Judaism

by Dan Pine August 4, 2025August 4, 2025
Am Yisrael Chai graduation cap
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Sacramento graduate lifted her voice not to stir outrage, but to support hostages

Rabbi Reuven Taff (Courtesy) by Rabbi Reuven Taff July 9, 2025July 9, 2025
Executive Director Rabbi Matt Rosenberg in the dinning room at the Albert Einstein Residence Center in Sacramento, July 12, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Sacramento Jewish community selling its low-income senior housing as Jewish population dwindles

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 20, 2023January 7, 2026
Migrants who were sent to Sacramento by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were hosted by members of Congregation B'nai Israel, for whom the migrants prepared a Shabbat dinner on June 16, 2023. (Photo/Eve Panush)
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DeSantis ‘dumped’ some migrants in Sacramento. A synagogue stepped up to host them.

by Sue Fishkoff July 6, 2023July 10, 2023
Darrell Steinberg at Sac Gives Back, a weekend of community service created by his office, in December of 2016. (Photo/Roderick Cooney Photography)
Posted inNorthern California

Darrell Steinberg, Sacramento’s popular Jewish mayor, is ready for a different challenge

by Dan Pine June 2, 2023June 6, 2023
In this screenshot from the livestream of the Sacramento City Council meeting on May 23, protesters against antisemitic speakers hold up signs, including the post-Holocaust slogan "Never Again" and an antifa black flag logo inside a Star of David.
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Antisemites, protesters plunge Sacramento city council meeting into chaos

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 24, 2023May 25, 2023

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