Here's what our readers are talking about in this week's letters to the editor of J. The Jewish News of Northern California.

As a certified denizen of the Swamp — I served in the Clinton White House’s communications shop and later founded a ...

At the height of the AIDS crisis, Reform rabbis were insisting that gay Jews deserved compassion, not judgment.

I’m living through a series of personal plagues. They’re not biblical in proportion, but for mere mortal me, they’re epic and ...

Every Sunday, all summer long, five Bay Area synagogues and a Jewish day school compete in BATS, the Bay Area Torah Softball ...

Taboos against discussing menstruation, as well as the cost of sanitary supplies, remain issues here and abroad.

The gardening specialist at the Oshman Family JCC preschool is set to retire after 40 years. She planted Jewish values along ...

The S.F. Jewish Film Festival returns for its 46th year with 65 films from 17 countries, featuring a record number of world ...

The Palo Alto-raised author says creating her new cookbook, “Zariz: 100 Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv-y Recipes,” has been her ...

So much happens in our vibrant community. We’re here to highlight upcoming events from every corner of the Bay Area.

I heard a rabbi and Jewish ethicist speak about organ donation earlier this year and was inspired to share my own cousin’s story.

A trip bringing back Jews who left Poland during an antisemitic government campaign exposed a dark open wound in the country’s history.