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Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is the executive director of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces’ San Francisco Bay Area region. 

black and white: three men in IDF uniforms gaze up at the wall
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Remember the six days — and the soldiers — that saved us

Jonathan Bernstein by Jonathan Bernstein May 28, 2017May 26, 2017

My mother said: “No one expected Israel to survive.” The Straits of Tiran were closed to Israeli ships, strangling the 19-year-old country from its much-needed oil supply. Egypt and Syria […]

Posted inUncategorized

Riding with heroes: a bike journey with Israel’s soldiers

Jonathan Bernstein by Jonathan Bernstein October 14, 2016March 15, 2017
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Beware of anti-Semitism germinating in Oakland

Jonathan Bernstein by Jonathan Bernstein February 13, 2009December 29, 2016
Posted inOpinion

Same-sex marriage &mdash a matter of civil rights, not religion

Jonathan Bernstein by Jonathan Bernstein April 15, 2005December 29, 2016
Posted inOpinion

Confront rising anti-Semitism by speaking against it

Jonathan Bernstein by Jonathan Bernstein April 4, 2003December 28, 2016
Posted inOpinion

Extreme leftists fueling an anti-Semitic climate here

Jonathan Bernstein by Jonathan Bernstein May 24, 2002December 28, 2016

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