San Francisco: An ‘American Jerusalem’ ?
It was precisely because one had to seek out Jewish culture and identity in San Francisco, that I fell in love with it. I realized that one's connection to the Jewish community was purely an individual...
View ArticleThe Intimacy of Vast Spaces: Photographing Russia’s Railroads
Anastasia Kuba's photographs of intimacy, vulnerability, strength and human connection.
View ArticleWho is your “Sacred Guardian’?
Every once in a while a piece of music is so clearly connected to spirit, to other worldliness, that while I am listening to it, I can, in that uncontainable moment, find something that resembles...
View ArticleAge and the Creative Spirit: A Photographer’s Portraits of The Greatest...
It’s a perfect shot for the cover of a book of photographic portraits of elder artists: the photographer Editta Sherman, jauntily posing beside her antique viewfinder camera, her black and white...
View ArticlePeople With a Passion: A Community of Talents
Online user experience designer by day, acrobatic contortionist by night: night, after night, after grueling night. A lifelong dancer-choreographer who once brought Israeli and Palestinian girls...
View ArticleCommunity Skills Shine at JCCSF Talent Show
Aryn Shelander, a 23 year old acrobatic contortionist who has a day job as a user researcher in the San Francisco tech industry, took the grand prize at the first annual JCCSF Community Talent Show...
View ArticleLoaded: Jews and Money Rabbi David Wolpe Live from Kanbar Hall
Rabbi David Wolpe ended the LOADED: Jews & Money series on a high note with an inspiring, deep talk on the title subject. He talked specifically about the Jewish community’s relationship to...
View ArticleWho’s Got Talent? Meet the Contestants…
The first ever JCCSF Community Talent Show is only a week away, and the suspense is building. Next Saturday night, on June 8 at 8 p.m., a variety of JCCSF staff and members will perform one amazing...
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