Bay Area
Shanghailanders step into the spotlight
As a 6-year-old Jewish girl in Berlin in 1939, Helga Silberberg was about to start a tumultuous journey. Most other countries around the world were…
Bay Area
After spate of bigoted graffiti, Burlingame students hold day of ‘unity against hate’
High school senior Lucas Gilmour was sitting at his desk during first period last Thursday morning when Principal Paul Belzer’s voice was piped in over…
Bay Area
At Mega Challah Bake, all you ‘knead’ is flour and a little prayer
There was a flurry of motion as 300 hands reached for flour, added yeast to bowls and carefully cracked dozens and dozens of eggs. None of the women and…
Bay Area
Body of Jewish Berkeley victim of Santa Barbara boat fire returned for burial
The body of Yulia Krashennaya, 40, of Berkeley, a Jewish victim of the Santa Barbara boat disaster, is scheduled to be buried on Monday in New Jersey.…
Bay Area
Outbreak of anti-Semitic graffiti at Burlingame High School
The Burlingame Police Department is investigating a slew of anti-Semitic, homophobic and racist graffiti found on the walls of Burlingame High School…
Bay Area
Jewish groups allege SFSU professor's Facebook posts violate state law
Eighty Jewish groups are signatories on a letter alleging that San Francisco State University associate professor Rabab Abdulhadi is violating California…
Bay Area
Chabad of North Peninsula to break ground on new home
Sure, there will be a bouncy house, live music and a petting zoo at Chabad of the North Peninsula’s “Groundbreaking Hoedown” on Sunday, Sept. 8. But the…
Northern California
‘Auschwitz-themed’ Barbie Death Camp at Burning Man catches ADL’s eye
The San Francisco-based office of the Anti-Defamation League is investigating a macabre art display it called “offensive” and trivializing of the…
Bay Area
Holocaust survivor spared eviction in Alameda City Council vote
A 4-1 vote by the Alameda City Council last night has saved Musiy Rishin, an 87-year-old Soviet-born disabled Holocaust survivor, from being evicted from…