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Phish frontman Trey Anastasio playing solo at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Andrea Z. Nusinov)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Jewish Phish fans swim in their own holy waters

Oren Kroll-Zeldin by Oren Kroll-Zeldin August 24, 2023August 24, 2023

Every so often, Phish will play “Avinu Malkeinu” at one of their concerts. Sometimes it’s months between the band’s renditions. Sometimes it’s years. “Avinu Malkeinu” is a classic Jewish prayer […]

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Posted inBay Area

Upcoming USF event: Why ‘we have to pay attention’ to Jews of Iran

by Ryan Torok February 15, 2023February 16, 2023
Phish performs on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," Oct. 10, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Lipovsky-NBC-NBCU Photo Bank)
Posted inMusic

Academic conference explores Phish and the Jews

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA May 22, 2019
Yavilah McCoy speaks at University of San Francisco, March 31, 2019 (Photo/Courtesy USF)
Posted inBay Area, News

Speaking in S.F., advocate for Jews of color reorients social justice narrative

Carly Nairn by Carly Nairn April 3, 2019
the two stand smiling in a classroom
Posted inBay Area

Black-Jewish teaching team tackles black-Jewish relations at USF

by Rob Gloster October 24, 2018November 12, 2018
A donation from San Francisco writer and philanthropist Anne Germanacos has saved the city's only ulpan.
Posted inNews

Thanks to her, USF’s once-endangered ulpan will continue

by Rob Gloster August 2, 2018August 7, 2018
Shaina Hammerman teaches her course on Jewish humor at USF (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inCulture

Comedy, the Holocaust and the Jews in USF’s ‘Funny Jews’ course

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2018April 25, 2018
Jake Tapper speaks to a full house at Congregation Emanu-El on Sunday (Photo/ University of San Francisco-Jianca Lazarus)
Posted inNews

Jake Tapper in S.F.: There are lies on both sides, time to ‘stand up for truth’

by Rob Gloster April 24, 2018

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