Travel The Jews of Key West: Making a home again in Margaritaville On any given afternoon, hundreds of visitors to Key West patiently line up for selfies next to a brightly painted, 12-foot-high concrete buoy that marks… By JTA, Larry Luxner Aug 3, 2021
Northern California Tawonga cancels a camp session due to California Covid surge A four-day Camp Tawonga introductory session with 200 children enrolled has been canceled due to a surge in Covid cases in the region and low vaccination… By Gabriel Greschler Aug 2, 2021
First Person What does Jewish tradition teach us when nature is out of balance? Every houseplant I’ve ever been responsible for could attest, from beyond the grave, that I don’t exactly have a green thumb. So it was interesting to… By Hannah S. Pressman, JTA Jul 28, 2021
Bay Area 'Birthright Judaism' camp scholarship program helps families Growing up in Soviet-era Ukraine in the 1970s and ’80s, attending Jewish summer camp was not an option for Rabbi Shimon Margolin of San Francisco. The… By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen Jul 27, 2021
Parenting Summer is a real page-turner in my book-happy family My grandparents’ basement is a magical place. Always cool in summer, it’s filled with piles of old movie posters from our family-owned movie theater,… By Drew Himmelstein Jul 27, 2021
Unions ‘It can happen at any age’: Single mom marries for first time at 61 To say that Judy Penso and Marc Manason were feeling hopeful during their second date was an understatement. On their first date, in early November 2016… By Alix Wall Jul 21, 2021
Bay Area New East Bay Hadassah chapter focuses on women in 30s and 40s When she was a child, Jenette Woskow was undoubtedly the youngest member of a local Hadassah chapter in New York’s Westchester County. Her mother formed… By Liz Harris Jul 12, 2021
Mixed & Matched My daughter refuses to spend Christmas with me Dear Dawn: You know me, but please make this letter anonymous. I was born a Christian and will die one; that’s just who I am. But I was happy to raise my… By Dawn Kepler Jun 29, 2021
Parenting As if Covid wasn’t enough, my new nightmare is ticks The microscopic Covid-19 pathogen is often anthropomorphically illustrated as a fiendish ball with a destructive look on its face, studded all over with… By Drew Himmelstein Jun 28, 2021