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Sue Fishkoff is the editor emerita of J. She can be reached at [email protected].

Rabbi Stuart Kelman in March 2025. (Courtesy)
Posted inObituaries

Stuart Kelman, founding rabbi of Berkeley’s Netivot Shalom, dies at 84

by Sue Fishkoff June 3, 2026June 3, 2026

Rabbi Stuart Kelman, the founding spiritual leader of Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, was known as much for reviving interest in traditional practices as for innovation in Jewish life. Prominent […]

Fourth-grader Skylar Cohen, 10, of Lafayette won first place for her grade at the JewQ International Torah Championship in Brooklyn, March 22, 2026. (Silber Studios/Merkos 302)
Posted inBay Area

You think you know Torah? Local girl reigns at Chabad’s global JewQ contest

by Sue Fishkoff May 22, 2026May 27, 2026
The outside of the National Library of Israel includes gaps designed to let light in and out, illustrating the library’s theme of accessibility and transparency. (Laurian Ghinitoiu/National Library of Israel)
Posted inIsrael

National Library of Israel turns a new page for the people of the book

by Sue Fishkoff April 9, 2026April 30, 2026
Nancy Bott volunteers as a crossing guard
Posted inBay Area

How Bay Area synagogues are helping immigrants amid the federal crackdown

by Sue Fishkoff March 25, 2026March 27, 2026
Nas Daily event
Posted inBay Area

Nas Daily in S.F.: Changing the algorithms will reduce hate, even in Mideast

by Sue Fishkoff March 13, 2026March 13, 2026
Iranian flag, photo of Reza Pahlavi
Posted inWorld

Iranian opposition activist calls long-exiled crown prince a ‘bridge to the future’

by Sue Fishkoff March 11, 2026March 11, 2026
Chulpan Khamatova in “Our Class.” (Irina Danilova)
Posted inTheater

When betrayal leads to murder: ‘Our Class,’ set in 1941, coming to S.F. stage

by Sue Fishkoff March 6, 2026March 10, 2026
A depiction of the Jewish community slaughterhouse in a courtyard in Fürth, Germany. (Paul Christian Kirchner, Jüdisches Ceremoniel [Jewish Ceremonies], ed. Sebastian Jacob Jungendres (Nuremberg, 1724))
Posted inIdeas

Berkeley prof sticks a fork in German Jewish culture with a history of meat

by Sue Fishkoff January 20, 2026January 20, 2026
Woman hands out oranges
Posted inBay Area

Jews, Muslims and Christians unite to help Oakland neighbors in need

by Sue Fishkoff January 15, 2026January 21, 2026
Holocaust survivor Boris Kapilevich (left) shows JFS Silicon Valley board member Harold Hendrickson family photos in his Mountain View home. (Courtesy)
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Silicon Valley nonprofit’s documentary will preserve Holocaust survivor stories

by Sue Fishkoff December 1, 2025December 10, 2025

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