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people in kippot embrace during a memorial event

Defying hate; choosing not to circumcise; our print redesign is ‘clunky’

by J. Readers November 20, 2018November 20, 2018

A sign at a protest in New York City, Aug. 14, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Robert Nickelsberg-Getty Images)

‘I no longer will remain quiet’; Trump is to blame; our print redesign is ‘gimmicky’

by J. Readers November 1, 2018

Factory farmed pigs in pens so small they cannot turn around (Photo/Flickr-Farm Sanctuary CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Canary Mission is great; Dillers are great; vote no on Prop. 12; etc.

by J. Readers October 19, 2018October 23, 2018

campus clock tower

Jewish students at Cal; King Abdullah; StandWithUs promotes dialog; etc.

by J. Readers October 5, 2018

Institute for Historical Review ad in the Montgomery BART station (Photo/Maya Mirsky)

BART is party to hate; NIF just doesn’t get Israelis; come to Torah study

by J. Readers September 26, 2018

Rabbi James Brandt

Roth’s ‘Plot’; a great cantor; dear leaders, save East Bay Jewish life!

by J. Readers September 6, 2018September 12, 2018

Sign at the entrance to Camp Tawonga (Photo/file)

More voices of Jews of color! Church music is cool! Our Torah column is offensive! Etc!

by J. Readers August 24, 2018August 24, 2018

Rabbi Sydney Mintz (center) of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco marches with other faith leaders at a protest in San Diego on July 2. (Photo/Ellen Fleishhacker)

Letters: Not the Israel I love; Stanford RA got off easy; ICE protests go too far

by J. Readers August 10, 2018August 10, 2018

A sign reads "Where are the children?" at an anti-ICE rally in Chicago, June 5, 2018. (Photo/Flickr-Charles Edward Miller CC BY-SA 2.0)

Border protests are disingenuous; astrology column is bunk; and other letters

by J. Readers July 30, 2018July 30, 2018

Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 10 (Photo/Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)

Save our day schools; communism’s moral heirs; travel ban security angle

by J. Readers July 13, 2018