Bay Area
Hearing postponed for East Bay man arrested for violent threats against Jews
A hearing on a weapons order for Ross Farca, the Concord man arrested last month after making violent threats against Jews online, was postponed. The…
Trailblazers
Tad Taube, proud philanthropist and builder of Jewish life in Poland
Part of Trailblazers, a series of profiles of Jewish men and women who build and sustain our Jewish community, supported by a generous donation from Carol…
Health
This doctor provides abortions and brit milahs — driven by Jewish values
“Someone will say, ‘Oh, I saw your website,’” Imershein said in a recent interview. At first she would think her interlocutor was referring to…
U.S.
Pompeo tells Christian Zionists it’s easy for Israeli Jews to convert to Christianity
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a point of reminding a conference of Christian Zionists that Israel permits conversions to Christianity, just weeks…
California
Neo-Nazi sentenced in 2016 state Capitol altercation
A neo-Nazi who once called for dropping a nuclear bomb on Israel has been sentenced in California Superior Court to four years in prison for his role in a…
California
State lawmakers pass ‘mezuzah bill’
Updated July 10, 1:30 p.m. to say that the bill has passed the Assembly A bill to enshrine the right of Californians to hang mezuzahs on their doorframes…
U.S.
S.F. billionaire Steyer launches 2020 bid, noting father’s role as Nuremberg lawyer
Tom Steyer, the billionaire San Francisco liberal who has excoriated Republicans for what he has said are anti-Semitic attacks on his advocacy, is running…
Bay Area
Peninsula woman returns to DP camp where she was born
On a riverboat cruise along the Danube, Saratoga resident Sophie Weinzimmer decided to make a stop and visit the place where she was born: a Displaced…
Jewish World
Selma’s only synagogue has 4 members — but they have a plan for the future
Whenever the lone synagogue in Selma, Alabama, needs dusting, new lighting or vacuuming, Ronnie Leet is the one who does it. It’s tiring work — especially…