J. The Jewish News of Northern California is an award-winning, nonprofit news organization serving the Bay Area’s diverse Jewish community. J. covers the range of what it means to be Jewish today — from politics to the arts, religion and food, lifecycle events, and news of the local, national, and global Jewish communities.
J. was awarded best Jewish newspaper in America by the American Jewish Press Association in 2023 — and in 2024 our staff won 13 SF Press Club awards. J. is widely recognized as the top local independent Jewish news outlet in the United States; our stories are regularly cited by Ha’aretz, The Forward, Berkeleyside and others. J.’s current audience — 98,000 website uniques per month, 35,000 print readers and 15,000 newsletter subscribers — is loyal. Open rates for our newsletters hover at 40% (up to 75% for Holiday Bytes, our seasonal newsletter for families with young kids). J. is a nonprofit organization, and over 2,800 of our readers are donors.
Current job openings:
Freelance Writer — Contra Costa County