Tech
Tesla to launch operations in Israel
The electric car maker Tesla is set to launch Israeli operations in January. Tesla will be the first car manufacturer to sell its vehicles in Israel…
Bay Area
Drawn to the sea, JuBu rabbi lucks into a congregation too
When Rabbi Moshe Tom Heyn was planning his move from Miami to Half Moon Bay last summer, he did what many Jews would do and called the local rabbi — in…
Bay Area
Our 10 most read stories of 2019
It was quite a year for the Jews of the Bay Area. From TV shows to “Barbie Death Camp” to white supremacists to racial diversity in the Jewish community,…
Bay Area
S.F.'s D.A.-elect on homelessness, Jewishness and the establishment
On a recent rainy morning, Chesa Boudin woke up sick. It had been a busy few weeks for the man who upended San Francisco’s political establishment by…
Bay Area
Four local Jews on annual ‘Forward 50’ list
The national Jewish newspaper The Forward unveiled its 25th annual “Forward 50” list of inspiring Jews last week, and four Northern California Jews — a…
Bay Area
Scholar’s talks on Peninsula could touch ‘raw nerve’ with tough topics
Is it anti-Semitic to say that Jews have an undue influence on the economy in the United States, relative to their numbers? Michael Berenbaum says maybe…
History
100 years ago, Prohibition put booze and Jews in the news
“Rabbi and Millionaire Face Charges!” screamed the 1922 headline in the San Luis Obispo Times. The rabbi in question, San Francisco’s Henry Carr, had run…
Bay Area
Two local Jewish camps get grants to increase accessibility
To make their camps better places for kids with intellectual, developmental, physical and sensory disabilities, two Jewish camps in Northern California…
Hanukkah
Christmas Tree Lane? How about Hanukkah Highway?
When Sabrina Braham put up Hanukkah decorations outside her Palo Alto home in December 2016, she thought it was entirely possible a brick would be thrown…