• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
Orge Castellano

Orge Castellano

Orge Castellano is a journalist and social scientist reporting from Spain on topics ranging from technology to culture, religion and food.

The Portuguese parliament building is seen in Lisbon, Oct. 25, 2019. (Photo/Carlos Costa-JTA-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Portugal moves to end Sephardic citizenship law

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano October 17, 2023October 17, 2023

(JTA) — Portugal’s parliament has advanced a bill that would end the country’s citizenship law for descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled during the Spanish Inquisition. The bill, which […]

Bottles of Lunardelli Wine with labels depicting Nazi leader Adolf Hitler are displayed on a shelf in a wine shop near Venice, Sept. 12, 2003. (Photo/JTA-Giuseppe Cacace-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Italian company that has long produced Hitler wines says it will stop next year

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano and JTA August 23, 2022
A guard climbs stairs by the entrance to the Campo di Ghetto Nuovo, or former Jewish Ghetto, in Venice. (Photo/JTA-Orge Castellano)
Posted inWorld

Venice’s frayed, shrinking 500-year-old Jewish Ghetto is planning a renaissance

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano and JTA April 22, 2022
A ceremony at Spain's Royal Palace in Madrid marked the passing of a law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews, Nov. 30, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Juan Naharro Gimenez-WireImage-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Spain is suddenly turning down many Jews who apply for citizenship. Why?

Orge Castellano by Orge Castellano and JTA August 24, 2021August 24, 2021

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Video of anti-Zionist activist hounding Scott Wiener goes viral
Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
SJSU professor fired over pro-Palestinian activism gets her job back
Wexner helped shape these Jewish leaders. Now they want a reckoning over his Epstein ties.
After protesters kept him from Trans March, Wiener sees surge of donations and support
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack