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Support your local Judaica shop, Dems should pick a side, Israel’s missing constitution

by J. Readers July 8, 2026July 8, 2026

Support your local Judaica shop For three decades, Afikomen Judaica in Berkeley has served as more than just a retail storefront; it has been a vital cultural anchor, a sanctuary […]

Rabbi Stuart Kelman in March 2025. (Courtesy)
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Stanford graduation walkout, remembering Rabbi Kelman, kidney donation

by J. Readers June 24, 2026June 24, 2026
The San Leandro High School campus in July 2015. (newtonapple via Wikimedia Commons, CC 2.0 BY 2.0)
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School antisemitism lawsuits, for and against

by J. Readers June 12, 2026June 11, 2026
Beza Abebe is an Ethiopian Israeli human rights advocate living in Oakland. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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School lawsuit op-ed. Politics of Hillel. Solidarity with Ethiopians.

by J. Readers May 29, 2026May 29, 2026
Sue Barnett on a reporting trip to Israel in January 1991.
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Mazel tov, Sue. Ethnic studies framing. Wrong on Chernobyl.

by J. Readers May 15, 2026May 15, 2026
Israeli Consul General Marco Sermoneta at a ceremony for Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s memorial day, at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Farewell to Sue. Jewish ethnicity. Yom HaZikaron interrupters.

by J. Readers April 29, 2026April 29, 2026
A Jewish couple ride in a rickshaw in Shanghai in the late 1930s or early 1940s. (Courtesy Sino-Judaic Institute)
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Kaifeng article is a nice change. Jewish isn’t an ethnicity. Kudos to folk dancer.

by J. Readers April 16, 2026April 16, 2026
A protester holds a sign that reads “Divest” and “Free Palestine” in English and Spanish during a demonstration at San Francisco State University in April 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Cal needs to change. SFSU antisemitism. Column got it wrong.

by J. Readers April 3, 2026April 3, 2026
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Dangers of rabbinic burnout. No ‘blood libel’ at Sonoma State. Iran campaign is good.

by J. Readers March 20, 2026March 20, 2026
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Mayor Lurie gets it wrong. Don’t ignore genocide experts. AIPAC’s failure.

by J. Readers March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

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