A longtime Bay Area resident believes she deserves credit — even though someone else has long laid claim to it . PLUS: the original recipe!

AI elicits strong feelings — from those who believe it will save humankind to those certain it will destroy us.

This Challah Poppy Seed Babka with Bourbon Sugar Syrup is a not-too-sweet Purim dessert and can also be made without alcohol.

Matzah sits on the seder table unadorned. But what do you do with matzah after that first night? After matzah brei and matzah balls (and of course PB&J matzah sandwiches), what do you make with the st...

Two newly ordained Renewal rabbis from Oakland are bolstering the movement’s 50-year-old legacy in the East Bay.

“Forbidden: A 3,000 Year History of Jews and the Pig,” which just won a Jewish Book Award, explores every aspect of this non-relationship.

Closing USAID isn’t just a bureaucratic change. It signals a shift away from an America that is engaged, compassionate and strategic.

How do you use up all that excess matzah during Passover? Send us your best matzah-based recipes and you could win $250!

He was given the breaded loaves at Glide’s social services center and kitchen where he served meals to low-income San Franciscans.

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A man who was ejected from Palestinian-owned coffee shop in Oakland for wearing a hat with a Star of David on it is now suing the coffee shop

Our “Such a Match!” podcast launches Jan. 21 and explores love stories of couples who found their soulmates through J.’s personal ads.

One year since a violent protest in UC Berkeley shut down an Israeli speaker, no one has been held to account.

The status quo in Gaza is not acceptable. But neither is expelling all Palestinians from Gaza. Luckily, those aren’t the only options.

Columbia academic turned pro-Israel activist Shai Davidai will speak at a Hillel of Silicon Valley fundraising event on March 9.

Jews find meaning in our religion in many ways. Personally, my inspiration doesn’t come from fearing antisemitism or visiting the Jewish state.

Alexander Lukovsky and Samuel Raphaelson are suing San Francisco, alleging they persistent harassment and retaliation because they are Jews.

For American Jews in the early 1900s, it was American to oppose immigration in order to protect America. Yet it was Jewish to support Jews.

In this week's episode of "Such a Match!" host Emma Goss shows us how dating culture 30 years ago mirrors some of what singles go through now.

Faith Kramer’s vegan coconut custard tart is topped with four symbolic fruits of Tu Bishvat, but you can sub in your own.

A UC Berkeley professor who used to live in Altadena writes about the incredible loss she feels since the January wildfires.

Israel’s famed Batsheva Dance Company will return to the Bay Area with performances of “MOMO” at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley in February.

The pro-Israel billboard in Arcata sparked heated online debates about free speech, Israel and vandalism before it was torn down.

Local Jewish agencies that assist recently arrived refugees have been blindsided by Trump’s executive order closing the border to new refugees.

Just weeks into this second Trump presidential administration, trans people’s worst fears are already coming true.

Celebrating 30 years, the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival is back with more than 20 films in theaters.

A series of events at San Francisco's LGBTQ synagogue will address the “pain so many of us are experiencing” under the Trump administration.

Local groups and congregations have are celebrating the Jewish New Year for the Trees, which begins at sundown on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

The Trump administration’s probe into “widespread antisemitism harassment” doesn’t reflect the strides the campus has made since late 2023.

Two new pro-Israel billboards are coming to Northern California, on display along highways in San Mateo County and Humboldt County.

Whether Elon Musk harbors anti-Jewish prejudice or just thinks it’s funny to troll Jews, the effect is the same.

The Jewish Film Institute’s wintertime mini-festival returns to San Francisco with the premiere of a chilling locally produced documentary.

This 89-year-old Iranian Jew arrived just before U.S. borders were shut to all refugees. Hundreds more Iranian Jews are waiting.

Jewish films are screening for free in Santa Cruz County. The Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival is already underway and runs through May 25.

On Tu Bishvat, the new year for the trees, this vegan barley risotto celebrates nature and supports plant-forward eating.

A local philanthropist has made a major donation to SF Hillel's $8.2 million capital campaign as incentive for other donors to participate.

Ethel's Delicatessen is the first to close of a Covid-era spate of new delis in the North Bay. And Daily Driver closes all six locations.

David “Dudu” Habib, beloved managing funeral director at Sinai Memorial Chapel, succumbed to cancer on Jan. 14. He was 46.

These three women have long been pillars of the Beth Ami community, two of them for at least seven decades.

The Jewish manager and the Vietnamese chef (Tu “The Jew” Phu) at Gigi’s wine bar in San Francisco have long admired each other’s cultures.

This 89-year-old Iranian Jew arrived just before U.S. borders were shut to all refugees. Hundreds more Iranian Jews are waiting.

Carrie Staller's Tu Bishvat workshop in Berkeley will celebrate the “interrelationships of trees, humanity, fungi and the unseen world.”

Local views on antisemitism, Israel and Jewish identity have shifted in a new survey from the Jewish Community Relations Council.

Avera Mengistu, an Ethiopian Israeli with mental health problems who crossed into Gaza in 2014, has been largely overlooked — even in Israel.

Adam Gopnik says that Jews have always thrives in cosmopolitan cities — especially cities with lots of coffeehouse culture.

Mira Shelub will be remembered for her Yiddish scholarship, counseling career — and her resistance efforts as a WWII partisan fighter.

Members of the Socialist Workers Party, including leaders in the Bay Area, buck the leftist trend with their vocal support of Israel.

The now-deleted description of a Feb. 11 event thrusts Cal into the center of a debate on antisemitism and the limits of academic freedom.

The Alameda County treasurer's rationale for divesting from Caterpillar doesn't pass the smell test, write two local Jewish leaders.