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SFO

An El Al plane lands at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, Aug. 18, 2021. (Ronen Fefer via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inBay Area

El Al is bringing back its direct flight to SFO. Will United Airlines follow?

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 2, 2026June 2, 2026

After years of facing layovers, Bay Area travelers will once again be able to fly nonstop from San Francisco to Tel Aviv starting this fall.  On Oct. 25, El Al […]

Dozens of protesters arrive at San Francisco International Airports after border officials deny entry to two Palestinian activists who arrived with valid visas for a speaking tour. (Courtesy of Chase Carter/Center for Jewish Nonviolence via JTA)
Posted inBay Area

Palestinian guests of Kehilla synagogue detained at SFO and deported

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 12, 2025June 13, 2025
A photo of the suspect in the immediate aftermath of an alleged assault on an Israeli Lyft rider at San Francisco International Airport on Oct. 26, 2023.
Posted inBay Area

Former Lyft driver charged with hate crime assault of Israeli Jew at SFO

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
The “California Modernist Women: Groundbreaking Creativity” exhibit at SFO (Photo/Courtesy SFO Museum)
Posted inUncategorized

Before your flight, catch this SFO exhibit of midcentury art by California women

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 22, 2023March 29, 2023
At the new Daily Driver café in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, bagels are boiled and then wood-fired. (Photo/Facebook-Daily Driver)
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish food takes flight at SFO; Daily Driver bagels come to Ghirardelli Square

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 27, 2021March 15, 2022
Benjamin Netanyahu visits a vaccination center in Jerusalem, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Marc Israel Sellem-Pool-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Why is Bibi in San Francisco looking so sad?

by J. Staff August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
The "Haifa Dreamliner" has been decorated with San Francisco livery for El Al's new direct route to SFO. (Photo/Courtesy El Al)
Posted inNews

US airlines cancel Israel flights, but El Al vows to keep flying

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA May 13, 2021
The "Haifa Dreamliner" has been decorated with San Francisco livery for El Al's new direct route to SFO. (Photo/Courtesy El Al)
Posted inNews

Commercial flights to Israel will not resume until at least mid-July

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 26, 2020May 26, 2020
The "Haifa Dreamliner" has been decorated with San Francisco livery for El Al's new direct route to SFO. (Photo/Courtesy El Al)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

El Al plane decked out in S.F. scenery for new flights to SFO

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 30, 2019April 30, 2019
an aiplane in blue El Al livery touches down
Posted inNews

El Al to launch SFO-Israel nonstop flights next May

by J. Staff December 13, 2018

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