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Latkes served by the restaurant Delfina during A Taste of Jewish SF at the JCCSF on May 9. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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S.F. Jewish Week kicks off with a knish here and a pickle there

Aaron Levy-Wolins by Aaron Levy-Wolins May 11, 2026May 11, 2026

The second annual San Francisco Jewish Week kicked off Saturday night by bringing chefs and diners together to indulge in Jewish foods from across the Bay Area. About 150 people […]

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz discusses psychedelics and healing during last year’s San Francisco Jewish Week. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCulture

2nd S.F. Jewish Week features ‘Robot Shabbat,’ comedy, Valkyries and a ball

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
From the 2018 Soy Vey event (Photo/Courtesy Value Culture)
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‘Soy Vey’ is back; Boichik Bagels seeks volunteer chickens; and more

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 18, 2023
Ethiopian Israeli musician Gili Yalo will perform at the Krakow’s Jewish Culture Festival Pop-Up. (Photo/Michael Topyol)
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Krakow Jewish Culture Fest comes to Golden Gate Park, featuring Gili Yalo, Happie Hoffman, Jeremiah Lockwood

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 28, 2022April 29, 2022
Two pieces of digital art by the street artist fnnch: On the left, an NFT auctioned off as part of a star-studded virtual seder. On the right: Its twin, which was hidden in an online profile as afikomen during the seder.
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Matzah ‘NFT’ digital art fetches $4,200 in charity auction

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2021April 1, 2021
George Segal in a 1965 publicity shot. (Photo/JTA-Silver Screen Collection-Hulton Archive-Getty Images)
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Farewell to Yaphet, George and Jessica; Ilana Glazer is expecting (a movie and a baby); etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 29, 2021March 26, 2021
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‘All you gotta do is listen’: Connecting at a Black-Jewish Shabbat marathon

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Kosha Dillz in his music video for "Schmoozin'." (Screenshot/YouTube)
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Rapper Kosha Dillz organizes virtual Passover music fest

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 14, 2020April 15, 2020

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