Bay Area
‘Never Again’ is now, say hundreds marching through S.F. streets
More than 100 people affiliated with the Jewish group Never Again Action were arrested in New Jersey, Rhode Island and Philadelphia this week during…
California
Anti-Semitic crimes in California increased by 21 percent in 2018
Anti-Semitic hate crimes increased by 21 percent in California in 2018 from the previous year. A report issued on Tuesday by the California Department of…
California
New state budget includes money for fire-damaged Jewish camps
The newly passed California state budget includes a number of priorities backed by Jewish legislators, from rebuilding summer camps burned in wildfires to…
Bay Area
East Bay man who threatened to kill Jews fights restraining order
Updated with new information July 12 at 9:30 a.m. A 23-year-old Concord man who threatened on a gaming website to murder “over 30” Jews and police…
Education
Israeli and U.S. teens connect during Bay Area ‘encounter’
On a bright Monday morning, a group of 57 American and Israeli 11th-graders spilled onto the lawn behind Coit Tower in San Francisco. Backdropped by…
Bay Area
J. wins 11 American Jewish Press Association awards
J. The Jewish News of Northern California has won 11 awards in the annual Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism, including seven…
Bay Area
After 100 years, a warm, haimish goodbye to the East Bay Federation
It was the last annual meeting of the East Bay Federation, and like all good Jewish events, it began with food. Really good food, from Epic Bites. And…
Bay Area
Hello Mazel subscribers appear to be out of luck
Hello Mazel, the Jewish subscription box service that became the most popular Jewish Kickstarter of all time after raising over $150,000 in less than a…
Bay Area
Two local students chosen as Bronfman Fellows
Two Bay Area Jewish high school students have been selected for the 33rd cohort of the Bronfman Fellowship, a five-week educational program in Israel…