B’nai mitzvah Isaac Berger Son of Julie Wilensky and Rachel Berger, Saturday, July 11, at Temple Sinai in Oakland.  Chloe ...

Obituaries are underwritten by Sinai Memorial, the Bay Area’s nonprofit Jewish funeral home. Joseph Karp Oct. 14, 1928–June 28, 2026 Joseph “Joe” Karp, 97, passed away peacefully at home in San Mateo, ...

Most people see the world as it is and ask how to live within its limits. A rare few imagine the world as it could become.

The 2026-27 state budget comes with a funding promise for nonprofit security grants, while a state hotline to report hate ...

Rabbi Yoel Kahn faced barriers, skeptics and worse as one of the first openly gay rabbis. He has defied them all.

When my grandfather fled Nazi Germany, he carried with him, across multiple borders, an unwavering faith that the future was ...

(JTA) — When my grandfather fled Nazi Germany, he carried with him, across multiple borders, an unwavering faith that the future was waiting on the other side. What he found […] ...

The raid that saved more than 100 Israelis in Uganda on July 4, 1976, is one of Israel’s most mythologized military ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. The first night of Paul Hettler’s first trip to Israel was anything but typical ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. When I was 7, I was in love with Arlo Guthrie. The curly-locked son of Woody ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. (JTA) — REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Until recently, this city located near the ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. Walk into services at almost any synagogue in America today, and you’ll hear ...