For Shavuot, Bay Area Jews head to the wilderness

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 23, 2012

Most Jews around the world observe Shavuot in the relative comfort of their synagogues and homes. Not so for Wilderness Torah, a Berkeley-based nonprofit.

Pro-Israel ads in Bay Area countering anti-U.S. aid campaign

Published on September 19, 2011

The pro-Israel organization StandWithUs has launched an ad campaign in Bay Area Rapid Transit stations to counter local ads that call for an end to U.S. military aid to Israel.

Jewish group visits Native American vigil in Bay Area

Published on May 9, 2011

A dozen San Francisco Bay Area Jews visited an ongoing protest at a Native American burial site. The Jews, who are affiliated with several congregations and social action groups in Berkeley, Calif., billed Sunday's visit as a cultural exchange timed to Mother's Day.

Deals on December getaways

Published on November 19, 2010

It is so good to be a traveler during December. Whether you want a romantic escape, a girlfriends’ getaway or a family vacation, the deals are abundant as many people choose to stick closer to home through the holiday season. My family and I have traditionally hit the road and enjoyed destinations that are packed with value and are not crowded — great places for a quick winter trip.

Questions linger about SF death of pro-Israel activist

Published on December 4, 2008

Police said this week that the mysterious death of an outspoken pro-Israel activist appeared to be accidental, but friends and family of Dr. Daniel Kliman insist he was the victim of foul play

The hip Jewish museum by the Bay, Nagler new JFS chief

Published on July 17, 2008

The new Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is a hip amalgam of modern art. Daniel Liebeskind's peculiar architectural dazzle looks like a giant Rubik's Cube in metallic steel, standing on its tip beneath the city's downtown skyscrapers. Beside it is the Jessie Street Power Substation, a brick and terra cotta structure in the classical revival style, a landmark building first erected in 1881 that Liebeskind adapted to the project.

S.F.‘s new Contemporary Jewish Museum meshes art, ideas and architecture

By Sue Fishkoff
Published on June 5, 2008

"We want people to ask questions -- what does 'contemporary' mean?"

-- Connie Wolf, Executive Director, Contemporary Jewish Museum

Artists channel Genesis and Kabbalah in new museum’s inaugural exhibit

Published on June 5, 2008

The San Francisco museum is most similar to The Jewish Museum in New York in terms of focus, scale and public programming. But while the latter is a collecting institution that interprets the history of world Jewry, San Francisco's museum offers what director Connie Wolf described as "a contemporary perspective on Jewish art, culture and history."

Bay Area takes on ‘progressive’ anti-Semitism

By Ben Harris
Published on January 25, 2007

While much attention has been paid to the so-called "new anti-Semitism," in which antipathy toward Jews is masked as rabid criticism of Israel, the Finding Our Voice conference represents the first organized effort by liberal Jews to fight back.