Early in December, the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living learned that four residents in one wing of its skilled nursing facility had tested positive for the coronavirus. At that moment, the news wasn’t too alarming. Since the pandemic started last March, the SFCJL had reported only a few coronavirus cases, and compared with other…
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Chuck Schumer is now the highest-ranking elected Jewish official ever
Chuck Schumer could not let the moment pass without mentioning its Jewish history. Georgia’s new senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, were sworn in…
Fashion
The politics of fashion on display at inauguration
At Wednesday’s presidential inauguration there was pomp, there was patriotic music, there was tradition. All together, it conveyed a message of stability…
Bay Area
Bernie-in-mittens memes pop up at Bay Area Jewish locales
UPDATED: Jan. 22, 8:30 a.m. There is little doubt that viral images of Bernie Sanders in a parka and mittens will go down in history as one of the most…
First Person
Joe Biden’s inauguration was replete with anxiety, and a lot of it was Jewish
I walked to President Joe Biden’s inauguration. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transport Authority closed 13 downtown stations Jan. 15-21, so I couldn’t…
Analysis
From California to DC, disparate far-right factions are unified by anger
Wearing a black cowboy hat and a bandana covering most of his face, “Odin,” a soft-spoken Proud Boys member, was getting choked up. He stood on a flatbed…
U.S.
Jon Ossoff brought a totem of American Jewish heritage to his swearing in
New Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff already had one artifact from American Jewish history on display when he was sworn into the Senate: the book of scripture on…
Bay Area
On Inauguration Day, Bay Area Jews breathe a sigh of relief
“Light as a feather.” That’s how small-business owner Manny Yekutiel described feeling as he watched Joseph R. Biden become president Wednesday on the…
Bay Area
On the front lines with workers at S.F.’s largest Jewish senior home
As Covid continues its deadly rampage, nursing homes and other long-term senior care facilities continue to be the hardest hit, accounting for…