Jonathan Freedland didn’t set out to write a guidebook to resistance. He was researching the story of Rudolf Vrba, the young ...

Letters to the editor from the readers of J. The Jewish News of Northern California for the week of Nov. 28. 2025.

The progressive Jewish writer began his first social media post after his speaking engagement with an apology.

Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Jerome P. Mednick, M.D. Oct. 17, 1936–Oct. 4, 2025 ...

B’nai Mitzvah Paolo Solomon Berman Son of Catherine and Zachary Berman, Saturday, Nov. 22, at Temple Sinai in Oakland. Violet ...

Beinart, who is an outspoken critic of Israel and a journalism professor at the City University of New York, spoke Tuesday ...

On the occasion of Rita Semel’s 104th birthday, here are her thoughts on journalism, interfaith work and making the world a ...

( JTA) — The remains of Dror Or, who was killed on Oct. 7, 2023 in the Hamas-led terror attacks and taken into Gaza, were ...

Today, the few remaining descendants of Jewish immigrants from that time period still living on the island are determined to ...

A Berkeley filmmaker’s Holocaust documentary about the postwar killings of Polish Jews is being attacked by political leaders ...

Musicals often center on outsiders striving to belong, and "Wicked," while not overtly Jewish, speaks to that experience.

Happenings Mollie Stone’s Markets, a Bay Area chain of nine family-owned-and-operated grocery stores, donated $25,000 to the ...