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Supporters of a Gaza cease-fire resolution hold their thumbs down as District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey votes no during a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting at San Francisco City Hall, Jan. 9, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)

Tearing ourselves apart; UC Berkeley must act now; S.F. Supes betrayed the Jews

by J. Readers January 25, 2024January 25, 2024

An attendee at an Oakland City Council meeting holds up a "Ceasefire Now" sign during discussion of a resolution in support of a permanent cease-fire in Gaza at Oakland City Hall on, Nov. 27, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)

Socialists against cease-fire; Claudine Gay conspiracies; etc.

by J. Readers January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Dan Kalb, Oakland City council member for District 1, in Oakland on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)

Dan Kalb deserves better; Not the Oakland I know; Life in the ‘quiet middle’; etc.

by J. Readers December 21, 2023December 21, 2023

An attendee at an Oakland City Council meeting holds up a "Ceasefire Now" sign during discussion of a resolution in support of a permanent cease-fire in Gaza at Oakland City Hall on, Nov. 27, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)

Cease-fire supports Hamas; What really happened in Oakland; Defense of Rep. Huffman; etc.

by J. Readers December 8, 2023

Oakland elementary school teacher Naomi Bernstein at a press conference at Montclair Elementary School, where parents, teachers and Jewish leaders spoke out against a statement on Gaza by the Oakland teachers union, Nov. 10, 2023. (Photo/Dan Ancona)

Half-baked politics at Arizmendi; Think locally, act locally; Blame Hamas; etc.

by J. Readers November 20, 2023

Pro-Palestinian teachers in Oakland organized themselves early in the ongoing war. Here, a banner reads "Oakland Educators Say Fund Education, Not War on Gaza" at an Oakland Unified School District meeting on Nov. 9, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy anonymous)

Yes to remote public comments; Progressives and Israel; etc.

by J. Readers November 9, 2023November 9, 2023

(From left) Karaite Jews of America President David Ovadia, Ambassador Daniel Rubinstein, Maryellen Himell-Ovadia and Eli Eltachan, president of the Israeli Karaite community. (Photo/Courtesy KJA)

A Karaite miracle; Synagogue security help; Israel perspectives; etc.

by J. Readers October 27, 2023October 28, 2023

A view of downtown Placerville, county seat of El Dorado County. (Photo/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0)

‘Erasing the truth’; broken hearts; Putin is sneaky; etc.

by J. Readers October 11, 2023October 16, 2023

Agricultural worker Orfil Serrano waters the flowers at the Half Moon Bay Nursery. (Photo/Bryan Patrick-Courtesy ALAS)

Help others during Sukkot; Which religions get their own month?; etc.

by J. Readers September 26, 2023

One of many self-driving Cruise cars approved for use on the streets of San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy Cruise)

All hail the Shabbos car; Jolly good British Jewish food; etc.

by J. Readers September 14, 2023