Bay Area
‘Food for Thought’ and more at this year’s Jewbilee
The Addison-Penzak JCC in Los Gatos is scheduled to present its annual Jewbilee: A Day of Jewish Learning on Sunday, Jan. 13. Taking on the theme “Food…
Northern California
Hebrew Free Loan helps out furloughed federal workers
Hebrew Free Loan is offering interest-free bridge loans to Jewish furloughed federal employees or contractors who live in Northern California. The loans…
Sports
Jewish slugger Youkilis, now a Bay Area brewery owner, on Hall of Fame ballot
Former Jewish major leaguer Kevin Youkilis, who settled in the Bay Area after his retirement from baseball in 2014, is making his debut on this year’s…
Bay Area
East Bay parents trying to save twins from rare Ashkenazi disease
Gabi Ilinetsky was a happy new mother, overjoyed with her 3-month-old twins, Yoel and Yael. But she was starting to get an odd feeling about Yoel’s…
Bay Area
Two local JCCs help colleagues at Pittsburgh JCC
Officials from two Bay Area JCCs recently returned from several days in Pittsburgh, where they lent emotional support to colleagues still reeling from the…
Bay Area
This Palestinian says he is a fighter — for peace
Sulaiman Khatib was driving to Ben Gurion Airport when he was stopped at an Israeli checkpoint. He knew what to expect — he had faced extra scrutiny ever…
Bay Area
S.F. Supes pass resolution supporting Pittsburgh synagogue
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee this week passed a resolution “Declaring Support for the Tree of…
Seniors
Project at Marin shul gets seniors to tell their stories
When it dawned on a few enterprising people at Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael that some members were in their late 80s and older, they knew the…
Education
What is Jewish sex ed in the #MeToo era?
Ivy Chen, who teaches a puberty education class at Contra Costa Jewish Day School in Lafayette, has a pretty simple way of explaining consent to kids, but…