SF News Man Charged With Hate Crimes for Swastika Painted on Temple Has Sordid Berkeley Past The last thing Jewish people want to see is a swastika, ever. The Nazi symbol is especially unsettling on the front door of a synagogue, but that’s exactly what was found this week at Oakland’s Temple Sinai.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wise Sons Opens Today Challah! Whether hard or soft opening (ew), Wise Sons is sorta, but pretty much open for business starting today. We're being told it's a "soft" opening, so you might want to give them
SF News Gov. Brown Signs Bill to Block Circumcision Bans Citing anti-freedom of religion sentiment, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill over the weekend blocking any and all circumcision bans in the state of California. Assembly bill 768, penned in response to San
SF News Apple Pulls 'Jew Or Not Jew' App In France Apple went ahead and yanked a thinly veiled anti-semitic (?) app called Jew or Not Jew? (Juif ou pas Juif?) from its iTunes Store in France. The Chronicle reports: "The app let users consult
SF News Sergey Brin's Wife Wants You To Unplug Your Phone Anne Wojcicki, 3andme co-founder and wife of Google's resident hot Russian Jew Sergey Brin, wants you to turn off your phone as part of National Day of Unplugging. Wojcicki, a board member of
SF News Jewish Organizations Under Fire As the Bay Citizen reports, local Jewish organizations like Oakland’s Jewish Voice for Peace, have drawn scrutiny both locally and worldwide for expressing hope that Egypt's push for democracy could shift Middle
SF News Swastika Graffiti Stains Jewish Community Center Known, admitted Jewess Eve Batey of SF Appeal has word that the Jewish Community in the on Presidio Street fell victim to hate graffiti this week. "SFPD spokesperson Officer Boaz Mariles tells the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sad Kosher Lunch of the Day: Matzo Houses by Amy Crocker It's the Yesterday was the last day of Passover so today's our final lunch is all about using up the matzo and distracting yourself until sundown. Today's lunch is therefore
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sad Kosher Lunch of the Day: Gefilte Fish Kabobs by Amy Crocker Today’s Kosher Lunch deals with a tough subject: gefilte fish. White fish mixed with matzo meal and served cold from a jar, gefilte fish has a very strong fish
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sad Kosher Lunch of the Day: The Egg McMatzo by Amy Crocker Like the Egg McMuffin, the Egg McMatzo is one of those "breakfast" foods that is appropriate to eat for lunch. Most breakfast sandwiches come with sausage or bacon. Jews, of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sad Kosher Lunch of the Day: Matzo Burger by Amy Crocker How to: Heat your favorite burger patty. If you choose a veggie burger, be careful the ingredients do not include bread crumbs. Rice is ok according to Sephardic rabbis, though
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sad Kosher Lunch of the Day: Matzo Pizza by Amy Crocker Lunch is arguably the most difficult meal for an American Jew during Passover. For breakfast you can get away with eggs, for dinner, chicken. But for lunch, how can you
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Does Passover: Three Almost Scrumptous Recipes by Amy Crocker Gather ye pastries, breads, and crackers while ye may at sundown tonight those leavened treats become verboten for eight long days. Every spring, while our Christian cousins giddily look forward
SF News TV Stations Find Michael Savage Ad Too Offensive Performance artist and controversial radio host Michael Savage is screeching mad at local SF television stations. It seems, according to Rich Lieberman, some of them are refusing to air a spot he shot
Arts & Entertainment Christmas Eve Party for Bay Area Jews: Heebonism Listen up, chosen ones: After finishing your orders of beef & broccoli and won tons at your favorite Chinese restaurant, why not celebrate the "birth" of "Jesus Christ" in the Mission with other
