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Dan Pine

Dan Pine is a contributing editor at J. He was a longtime staff writer at J. and retired as news editor in 2020.

Participants gather under redwoods at an event of Wilderness Torah, which is now  Adamah SF. (Mitchel Davidowitz/Courtesy Wilderness Torah)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish Green Business Network to co-host summit during Climate Week SF

by Dan Pine April 1, 2026April 2, 2026

Talya Herring recalls the moment she became a dedicated environmentalist. Years ago, while vacationing in Nepal as a law student, she was told to burn her household trash in the […]

Niko Ustin, then a teenager at Hawken School, presents the learning management software he built for his high school near Cleveland, Ohio. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

Stanford students pitch startups with social impact in Hillel contest for $30,000

by Dan Pine March 12, 2026March 12, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco (top left) stands on the scaffolding ahead of the Bill Graham Menorah lighting ceremony in 2021. (Courtesy Bill Graham Menorah)
Posted inHanukkah

Chabad of SF lights a torch to celebrate 50 years of the Bill Graham Menorah

by Dan Pine December 4, 2025December 5, 2025
Rob Kutner's book "The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting" is published by Wicked Sons. (Courtesy)
Posted inOn Stage

Comedy writer Rob Kutner romps through 5,000 years of Jewish history

by Dan Pine November 18, 2025November 18, 2025
Daniel Chesir (right), one of the co-founders of Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco’s only LGBTQIA+ synagogue, with his husband, Stefan Rowniak. (Courtesy Sha’ar Zahav)
Posted inObituaries

‘He was our anchor’: Sha’ar Zahav co-founder Daniel Chesir dies at 83

by Dan Pine November 5, 2025November 6, 2025
woman at dais raising arm and fist
Posted inBay Area

Israeli LGBTQ activists coming to S.F. with worrisome update on rights there

by Dan Pine November 4, 2025November 4, 2025
picture of Halie Soifer standing on stage with a sign behind her that says "welcome to the unofficial white house hanukkah after party"
Posted inPolitics

Jewish Democratic leader credits Trump for Gaza, but still says he’s dangerous

by Dan Pine October 23, 2025October 24, 2025
One of Nancy Grand's latest donations was a $2.5 million gift last winter for the renovation and expansion of SF Hillel. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPhilanthropy

‘Authentic and inspired’: Nancy Grand to receive Federation’s leadership award

by Dan Pine October 14, 2025October 15, 2025
prayerbook, shofar and stringed instrument
Posted inReligion

The Kitchen’s new siddur blends Ashkenazi and Sephardic liturgy, a first

by Dan Pine September 29, 2025September 30, 2025
Tad Taube's philanthropy stretched from the Bay Area across the U.S. and all the way to Israel and his native Poland. (Joyce Goldschmid)
Posted inObituaries

Tad Taube, 94, remembered for his generosity and hope for the Jewish future

by Dan Pine September 25, 2025September 26, 2025

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