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Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and artists
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In Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s story, local Jews of color find hope

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 1, 2025December 1, 2025
Collage of Traitors Circle images
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They had status, safety and power — and still chose to defy Hitler

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Immigrants on a ferry boat near Ellis Island. (Department of the Treasury, Public Health Service)
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New state law says Israelis aren’t white. Let the debates begin.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 12, 2025November 12, 2025
Z3 Project Institute Director David Hazony (left) chats with Z3 Insitute Associate Fellow Benjamin Kerstein (center) and author Sarah Hurwitz before a packed room at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Z3 panel: Define your own Zionism — or someone else will

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 11, 2025November 11, 2025
Haifa (Wikimedia Commons/Piotr Musioł)
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Haifa’s lesser-known queer history tells its own story

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 3, 2025November 3, 2025
Nancy Gonchar at 32 with her dog Emma, named for the anarchist revolutionary Emma Goldman, on a 40 acre farm that she owned with a partner in upstate New York. (Courtesy)
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Queer Jewish elders share their lives with USF students

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 28, 2025January 20, 2026
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz
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Rabbis who took psychedelics for study describe ‘profound,’ spiritual experiences

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi August 22, 2025August 28, 2025
Lisa Kay Soloman
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This Stanford futurist wants us to become ‘good ancestors’

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Najib Joe Hakim and Eliezer Cohn
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Piedmont Jew’s YouTube channel brings ‘enemies’ face to face

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 12, 2025August 12, 2025
Penina Eilberg-Schwartz (left) and her mother, Rabbi Amy Eilberg, worked to capture their beliefs and feelings about Israel while maintaining respect and civility toward one another. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Letters capture a Bay Area family’s generational discord over Israel

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 23, 2025August 11, 2025

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