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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 585

Dan Pine

A house in Napa County burns in the Glass Fire, September 29, 2020. (Napa County Sheriff/ via JTA)
October 6, 2020, 5:07 am
How the Northern California fires affected an already disrupted Yom Kippur
Backup arrangements due to the coronavirus pandemic are changed again as congregations are forced to evacuate — some of them in the middle of services
By Maya Mirsky, Dan Pine and Gabe Stutman
Aaron Keyak, left, stands with then vice president Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden at a Jewish Leaders reception at the Naval Observatory Residence in Washington, DC, Sept. 9, 2015. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann via JTA)
July 17, 2020, 6:40 am
Meet the Orthodox political wunderkind helping Biden turn out the Jewish vote
Aaron Keyak named as Jewish engagement director for Democratic candidate; aims to build broad community coalition despite Trump’s policies seen as favorable to Israel
By Dan Pine
Illustrative: The JCC of San Francisco (Google Maps)
June 17, 2020, 5:16 am
San Francisco JCC lays off 150 employees, slashes budget by more than 40%
Highest-paid employees, in senior and executive positions, will take salary cuts of 6 to 40% as center struggles to deal with virus fallout
By Dan Pine
Part of the flyer found at multiple locations in Novato, Calif. (Matt Elkins/J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA)
August 28, 2019, 5:17 am
Fliers accusing Jews of being behind 9/11 attacks appear in San Francisco area
Local police chief urges residents to’ stand up to hate,’ but not investigating as fliers are protected by the First Amendment
By Dan Pine
Illustrative - An undated view of San Francisco's East Bay area. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 18, 2019, 10:49 am
Closing of East Bay Jewish fed reflects changing fortunes in Northern California
Shutdown ends a run of more than a century for the Jewish Federation of the East Bay
By Dan Pine
Tad Taube poses in the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. (photo credit: AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
May 1, 2016, 10:31 pm
Sides swap attacks in trial over Bay Area’s Koret Foundation
While the Jewish philanthropy’s chairwoman for life, Susan Koret, was until recently ‘unaware’ of the Holocaust, she charges that former president Tad Taube has funneled funds to ‘pet projects’
By Rob Gloster and Dan Pine
Jennifer Gorovitz, Vice President of Finance of the New Israel Fund and former CEO of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco (YouTube screenshot)
November 25, 2015, 10:16 pm
Former SF federation CEO will join New Israel Fund
After 16 months away from Jewish communal work, Jennifer Gorovitz decided to jump back in and help Israel ‘sustain a liberal democracy’
By Dan Pine
Illustrative photo of pro-Palestinian protesters in the US (photo credit: YouTube screen grab, Hamas On Campus)
May 28, 2015, 5:30 pm
When does ‘anti-Israel’ become anti-Semitic on campus?
With ever sharper anti-Zionist rhetoric de rigueur at colleges today, Jewish students are taking the heat — and putting out fires
By Dan Pine
Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman. (photo credit: Courtesy)
June 11, 2012, 6:25 pm
Sixty years of Mad-ness
Mad is turning 60 this year, and San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum is paying homage with a retrospective that affirms the magazine was fueled by a boatload of Jewish wit
By Dan Pine
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