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Big crowd at a vigil for Pittsburgh shooting victims the day after the attack (Photo/Maya Mirsky)

Reactions to our ‘appalling’ Beth Am article; Kopp Lake has a nice ring to it; etc.

by J. Readers December 6, 2022

several protesters stand near the hall. one carries a sign that reads "palestine will be free"

Israel Philharmonic protesters respond; Stow Lake, for and against; etc.

by J. Readers November 21, 2022November 22, 2022

Conductor Lahav Shani takes a bow during a standing ovation at the Israel Philharmonic's performance in San Francisco, Nov. 5, 2022. Before the performance, attendees were greeted by anti-Israel protesters outside Davies Symphony Hall. (Photo/Rabbi Ryan Bauer)

Affordable senior options, please; Eyeballing ethnic studies; Hooray for J.

by J. Readers November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

Stow Lake is named for William W. Stow, speaker of the Assembly in 1855 who railed against the state’s Jews. (Photos/Wikimedia Commons, Souvenir Evening Post; Collage/Gabriel Greschler)

Cal parent weighs in on Berkeley Law; Change name of Stow Lake; etc.

by J. Readers October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

UC Berkeley (Photo/file)

UC Berkeley ‘no Zionists’ rule; Farewell to KGO; MAGA folks aren’t Nazis

by J. Readers October 12, 2022October 12, 2022

Don't put too much brandy in that honey cake! (Photo/Wikimedia-Didier Descouens)

A short — and slightly boozy — letters column

by J. Readers September 29, 2022September 29, 2022

Ken Burns speaking at the Library of Congress in 2019 (Photo/Shawn Miller-Library of Congress)

JCRC mayoral forum should be more inclusive; Ken Burns wrong on FDR; etc.

by J. Readers September 15, 2022

A Feb. 3, 2020 UC Berkeley student union meeting where students debated a measure to remove a controversial anti-Israel display. (Photo/Sunny Shen-Daily Californian)

Berkeley Law dean wrong about antisemitism on campus; A swastika is a swastika; etc.

by J. Readers August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

Lucia da Silva (center) prays with Women of the Wall during her bat mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall. (Photo/Forward-Tal Kfir Schurr)

Sorry situation at Western Wall; SFUSD wrong on Muslim holidays; etc.

by J. Readers August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

Attendees line up for opening night of the 2022 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)

Film fest responds; Don’t hold Jewish food event on Tisha B’Av; etc.

by J. Readers August 3, 2022August 5, 2022