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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

Israel has every right to protect itself against JVP

by J. Readers August 29, 2017August 23, 2017

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before direct peace talks in Washington, D.C., in Sept. 2010 (Photo/JTA-Getty-Jason Reed-Pool

Don’t blame both sides in Charlottesville — or Israel

by J. Readers August 28, 2017August 29, 2017

President Donald Trump speaking to the media at Trump Tower in New York City, Aug. 15, 2017. Looking on, from left, are Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council; Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin; Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao; and Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)

Letter to Gary Cohn: Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly

by J. Readers August 26, 2017August 23, 2017

Trump standing in front of some flags

J. editorial wrong on Trump and North Korea

by J. Readers August 24, 2017August 23, 2017

Was Jimmy Carter a racist president?

Democrats — JFK, Carter, Clinton, Obama — are the real racists

by J. Readers August 24, 2017August 25, 2017

Firefighter battles Aug. 7 blaze at Ramah in the Rockies (Photo/Courtesy North Fork Fire Rescue)

Response to Ramah fire showed power of community

by J. Readers August 23, 2017

a big glass building with students walking through a lawn in front

At SFSU, it’s Hillel doing the silencing

by J. Readers August 13, 2017August 11, 2017

Sheikh Ammar Shahin (center, in white head covering) of the Islamic Center of Davis was joined by Jewish and Muslim leaders at a press conference in Davis on July 28, 2017, where he apologized for earlier anti-Semitic remarks.

Imam’s hate speech can’t be forgiven with an apology

by J. Readers August 4, 2017August 7, 2017