Marc Usatin, a career neonatologist/pediatrician and founding president of Congregation B’nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek, died on July 4, 2026 at his home in Davis, surrounded by his devoted family. Marc ...

COMINGS & GOINGS Micah Parzen. Micah Parzen has been named the new executive director of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley. Parzen previously served as CE ...

As a new documentary about Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s legacy debuts, J. looks back at how our publication covered him over the ...

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The NYC mayor says he’s still thinking about whether he should arrest Netanyahu the next time he's in town. Nope, Trump says.

Since I moved to San Francisco four years ago, family and friends have worried. I recently felt a spark of hope and wanted to ...

Turn up the taste on a fresh, summery watermelon salad by lightly pickling the ingredients in vinegar, lime, honey and sumac.

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. (JTA) — Two leading Jewish civil rights groups stepped up after Jewish teachers ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. Ask a Jewish atheist whether they’re still Jewish, and the answer is almost ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. The Golden State Warriors added size and defensive versatility when they selected ...

The sacred readings of this week bring soul-stirring contrasts. The start of the Book of Deuteronomy brings us the majestic beginning of Moshe’s final discourse to the Israelites on the eve of their ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. (JTA) — In early 2023, I wrote a novel that was Jewish in every possible way ...