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The menu of the original Trefa Banquet (Photo/Courtesy American Jewish Archives)

Trefa Banquet 2.0 — our readers love to hate on Jews who love treyf

by J. Readers January 28, 2018January 26, 2018

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump observing a moment of silence for the victims of Sept. 11, 2001 on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 11, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Win McNamee-Getty Images)

Love it or hate it, our readers have strong feelings about that Trump cover story

by J. Readers January 26, 2018

A few of the strains of herb on offer at Oakland's Magnolia Dispensary (Photo/Michael Fox)

Our reporting is full of ‘intentional’ bias; weed is bad for you; and other letters

by J. Readers January 10, 2018January 10, 2018

A patron at a Jerusalem pub watches as President Donald Trump recognizes the city as Israel's capital, Dec. 6, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)

Jerusalem, for and against; and Arab stereotypes in our cartoons

by J. Readers December 22, 2017December 22, 2017

An Israeli soldier stands guard in the West Bank town of Hebron, which is starkly divided between Jewish settlers and Palestinian residents. (Photo/Flickr-pal_pics CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Settlements, coexistence, whatever — lay off Federation’s donor-advised grants

by J. Readers December 10, 2017December 8, 2017

Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor, "golem in repose," 2017

Art in ‘Remember the Sabbath’ is nice. But what does it have to do with the Sabbath?

by J. Readers December 1, 2017December 4, 2017

Cal Tikvah co-president Adah Forer (left) and law student Olivia Wittels flank speaker Alan Dershowitz at U.C. Berkeley on Oct. 11, 2017. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)

‘Pro-diplomacy millennial’? There’s no one to engage with!

by J. Readers November 20, 2017

An editorial cartoon published last week in the Daily Cal, the student newspaper of UC Berkeley

Dershowitz cartoon was ‘Blood Libel’

by J. Readers November 1, 2017November 2, 2017

Surrounded by blackened vegetation, Camp Newman's iconic hillside Star of David, Oct. 2017, shortly after a wildfire devoured much of the camp. (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)

Uncategorized, Letters

Letters, Oct. 20: A poem for Camp Newman

by J. Readers October 20, 2017October 19, 2017

Alameda student Natasha Waldorf, seen here with parents Mel Waldorf and Jessica Lindsey at her bat mitzvah (Photo/Courtesy Mel Waldorf)

Readers weigh in: campus anti-Semitism; binational Israel; ‘dismaying’ DACA editorial

by J. Readers October 5, 2017October 9, 2017