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Northgate proposal is unsafe and too big As a 32-year resident of San Rafael’s Terra Linda neighborhood, I’ve found it to be ideal for raising my family, conducive to home-based work and replete with accessible and scenic recreational open space. Despite these amenities, Terra Linda has its shortcomings. Unlike newer, more upscale malls in Corte […]

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The annual gala of A Wider Bridge, a Jewish LGBTQ group, had all the trappings of a festive event. But the underlying message was one of crisis in Israel as the new government's anti-LGBTQ sentiment mounts.

The Jewish News of Northern California

A member of Sha'ar Zahav, SF's LGBTQ shul, adds additional perspective to our recent article on the history of LGBTQ Jews in the Bay Area.

The Jewish News of Northern California

A teacher’s coming-of-age novel and a rabbi’s picture book about Jewish yoga are among the books by San Francisco authors named in this year’s Sydney Taylor Book Awards for the best in Jewish children’s literature. Evan Wolkenstein, who teaches at Jewish Community High School of the Bay, won the middle-grades gold medal for his book “Turtle Boy,” and Rabbi Mychal Copeland, who leads Congregation Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco, was awarded one of two silver medals in picture books f...