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Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman is executive director of UC Berkeley Hillel.

Family of five in front of a stone arch
Posted inOpinion

My family trip to Israel made me realize I’ve felt so alone

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman February 21, 2024February 22, 2024

With the current state of the world — the war, the hostages, the antisemitism — I should have realized our family trip to Italy and Israel over winter break would […]

Students enjoying a UC Berkeley Hillel event in 2019. (Photo/File)
Posted inLocal Voice

Jewish college students don’t belong on the front lines of fighting antisemitism

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman December 14, 2021December 14, 2021
A Feb. 3, 2020 UC Berkeley student union meeting where students debated a measure to remove a controversial anti-Israel display. (Photo/Sunny Shen-Daily Californian)
Posted inLocal Voice

Zionism. Indigenous. Occupation. Let’s define our terms.

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman June 3, 2021June 3, 2021
Alan Dershowitz at NEP Studios in New York, Feb. 3, 2016 (Photo/JTA-John Lamparski-Getty Images for Hulu)
Posted inOpinion

No excuse for anti-Semitic cartoon in UC Berkeley student newspaper

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman October 25, 2017
two pairs of tongs hanging from a beam
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

The first pair of tongs: A paradox for rabbis and robotics

Ken GoldbergRabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman by Ken Goldberg and Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman April 13, 2017April 13, 2017
Posted inOpinion

Berkeley Hillel provides safe and open spaces, not answers

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman March 7, 2014June 2, 2021
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Posted inUncategorized

To keep Jewish college grads connected, it takes a village

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman June 14, 2013December 29, 2016
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The (Ramallah) hills are alive with the sound of hammers

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman August 3, 2012December 29, 2016

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