Bay Area New California public health rules make it harder to visit nursing homes Citing the latest surge in Covid cases, California health officials on Jan. 7 implemented some of the most stringent rules yet for people visiting nursing… By Gabe Stutman Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Roadblocks ahead as activists push for Jewish fossil fuel divestment This piece first appeared in the Forward. When Beth Sirull took over the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego five years ago, she moved quickly to… By Arno Rosenfeld, Forward Jan 13, 2022
Bay Area Generations after their ancestor left Ukraine, long-lost family reconnects in US Anna Geisherik was looking for a needle in a haystack. The native of Ukraine, now living in New York, knew she had one relative who’d made it to the… By Maya Mirsky Jan 13, 2022
Politics In Assembly run, nurse Jennifer Esteen wants to break barriers As a nurse in San Francisco General Hospital’s psychiatric emergency room, Jennifer Esteen’s typical first task was to, as she put it, “take people out of… By Dan Pine Jan 12, 2022
Religion Queer Mikveh Project immerses marginalized Jews in a changing ritual Last Passover, a group of 125 Jews gathered via Zoom for a community mikvah ritual. Dr. Harriette Wimms, a queer Black Jewish psychologist and kohenet… By Rachel Román, JTA Jan 12, 2022
Bay Area Stanford to investigate claim that it had Jewish quotas in 1950s That Ivy League schools placed quotas on the number of Jews admitted to their classes through much of the first half of the 20th century has long been… By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 12, 2022
Bay Area Holocaust memorial fountain toppled again in Santa Rosa It’s like a “rerun.” So said 66-year-old Dennis Judd, who on Friday found a Holocaust memorial he commissioned in part to honor his parents, both… By Gabe Stutman Jan 10, 2022
Bay Area Growth spurt for Sinai funeral home as it marks 120 years The year was 1937 when 28-year-old David Rubenstein, an attorney early in his career, became an unofficial leader for the San Francisco–based Jewish… By Emma Goss Jan 6, 2022
Bay Area Sonoma JCC solicits funds for Boulder fire recovery The JCC of Sonoma County began soliciting funds today to help victims of last week’s massive wildfire in and around Boulder, Colorado. “The trauma of… By J. Staff Jan 4, 2022