6+ hour, 43+ min ago  (989+ words) Michael Makstman was a day shy of his 15th birthday when he left his home country of Ukraine for the United States. The year was 1994. The Soviet Union had collapsed in 1991, and the situation was unstable. Ukraine voted in a pro-Russian…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago  (320+ words) So much happens in our community every day that it can be hard to sift through all of the events. We're highlighting a few here, in every corner of the Jewish Bay Area, to get you started. You can find…...

8+ hour, 23+ min ago  (1783+ words) (JTA) " "People are probably going to yell at me for having this conversation," Hasan Piker said from his livestreaming chair, midway through a video call with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to discuss his views on Jews, Israel and Zionism. By…...

9+ hour, 51+ min ago  (691+ words) After San Francisco Jewish Week's inaugural run last year, the jam-packed program celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month will return May 9 to 16. The lineup features new events such as a "roaming feast" of the city's Jewish food scene, a "Robot Shabbat…...

12+ hour, 51+ min ago  (1035+ words) Volunteers with Torat Zedek and other protective presence groups face intensifying restrictions and violence....

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (921+ words) Rep. Ro Khanna, Silicon Valley's member of Congress since 2017, has become a prominent name in national politics lately. He is considering a run for president in 2028, but more immediately, he's campaigning for reelection this fall in his South Bay district,…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1272+ words) Psychedelics: A new approach to healing Jewish trauma is on the horizon'jweekly. com The Jewish News of Northern California There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has settled into Jewish life in America. It did not begin on Oct....

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1264+ words) (JTA) " Alex Sinclair had no idea what would follow when he posted a picture of his mutilated kippah to Facebook on Thursday. Sinclair, who lives in central Israel, described being detained by police officers who told him that his kippah,…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (734+ words) The California voter guide for the June 2 primary election contains a candidate's statement full of virulent antisemitic conspiracy theories, leaving Jews in the Bay Area and across the state upset and bewildered over how it could have happened. Longtime fringe…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (559+ words) Ladino is a historical language of the Sephardic Jews, an amalgam of 15th-century Spanish and other Romance languages. Traditionally written in Hebrew characters, it is also influenced by Hebrew in vocabulary and structure. It was spoken by the Jews of…...