Seniors
Massive renovations at S.F. Campus for Jewish Living nearing the finish line
Joel Roos, tasked with overseeing the largest renovation project in the history of the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, paced over a smooth cement…
Bay Area
‘Raging Grannies’ use political theater to fight injustice
On a Palo Alto street corner filled with a group of buoyant activists, protesting conditions at immigration detention camps on the U.S. border, a…
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…
Seniors
How to face the end of life? Start now, authors urge
You’d think “the end is nigh” the way Shoshana Berger, co-author of a new book about our last days, is in demand these days. On media platforms, in…
Bay Area
Alameda Holocaust survivor faces eviction
The fate of 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Musiy Rishin, an immigrant from the former Soviet Union, is hanging on an Alameda City Council meeting…
Sports
98-year-old Holocaust survivor and 10-time Olympian still an icon in Hungary
BUDAPEST—When journalists ask Agnes Keleti about her health, she smiles and slowly extends her right hand in apparent gratitude for the question. Keleti…
Seniors
Older? Seeking romance? Come to Vallejo for Tu B’Av
Shulamit Rosner of Vallejo has a plan that combines ancient partner-choosing rituals and modern dating trends into something she hopes will result in new…
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…
Photography
Photos of ‘Israel Street Life’ on display at Jewish Heritage Museum
A new exhibit at the Reutlinger Community’s Jewish Heritage Museum focuses on Israel through the photography of a local ophthalmologist who has an eye for…