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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 

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 20, 2026April 21, 2026

Six schools, representing nearly half of all Jewish schools in the Bay Area and Sacramento, are preparing for a period of significant transition with leadership changes set to unfold over […]

DA Brooke Jenkins
Posted inBay Area

Hate crime charges filed after antisemitic and anti-gay graffiti on S.F. church

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 5, 2026March 5, 2026
Shoshana von Blanckensee (left) and Chloe Sherman at the Dead Sea in Israel in 1999. (Courtesy Chloe Sherman)
Posted inBooks

Two Jewish authors look back at the rush of queer girl life in 1990s San Francisco

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 3, 2026March 3, 2026
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie delivers a press conference during which a disruptor chanted "tax the Jews." (Screenshot via YouTube)
Posted inBay Area

S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie condemns ‘Tax the Jews’ chant heard during protest

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg February 26, 2026February 26, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco (top left) stands on the scaffolding ahead of the Bill Graham Menorah lighting ceremony in 2021. (Courtesy Bill Graham Menorah)
Posted inHanukkah

Chabad of SF lights a torch to celebrate 50 years of the Bill Graham Menorah

by Dan Pine December 4, 2025December 5, 2025
"STU," reads the belt buckle on Broke-Ass Stuart, aka Stuart Schuffman, seen here outside San Francisco City Hall. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBooks

From zines to zeitgeist: 20 years of Broke-Ass Stuart, chronicler of the city

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 23, 2025October 23, 2025
Juan Diaz-Rivas in court during a preliminary hearing at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco, July 3, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Man sentenced to time served for antisemitic assault in S.F. Marina District

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 9, 2025October 11, 2025
Miriam Ofer (left), with Renaldo Thompson
Posted inCommunity

‘She treats me like her son’: An unusual friendship has blossomed at JCCSF

by Dan Pine August 14, 2025August 14, 2025
1943 ad for Soviet event in San Francisco
Posted inFrom the Archives

When the USSR sent Jewish comrades to rally San Franciscans

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 2, 2025July 2, 2025
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education met on June 24, 2025. A handful of ethnic studies teachers decried the district's consideration of a "pause" in its ethnic studies mandate. (Screenshot)
Posted inBay Area

S.F. teachers say district is weighing a ‘pause’ on ethnic studies

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 27, 2025July 8, 2025

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