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Posted inHistory, Jewish Life

How the Summer of Love changed American Judaism

by Rob Gloster June 29, 2017June 30, 2017
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Catholic educator makes survivors’ stories his life mission

by Alix Wall April 29, 2016May 21, 2018
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Opinion: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising reflected in modern communities

Tad Taube by Tad Taube April 22, 2016September 13, 2025
Posted inJewish Life

How Bay Area Jewish journalism has survived, thrived for 120 years

by Dan Pine January 1, 2016December 14, 2022
Posted inColumns, History

ideas | To find a sense of place in Jewish history, keep moving

Dan Schifrin by Dan Schifrin November 21, 2014April 11, 2018
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The somewhat secret history of Solano County’s Jews

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein October 31, 2014April 6, 2020
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Emma Goldman: Still too hot to handle? U.C. Berkeley set to pull plug on anarchist’s archive

Rebecca Spence by Rebecca Spence October 17, 2014November 13, 2018
Posted inLocal Voice

Holocaust witnesses hold keys to Polish history, but stories need to be unlocked

Morgan Blum Schneider, the director of the JFCS Holocaust Center, a program of Jewish Family
and Children’s Services. (Courtesy) by Morgan Blum Schneider September 6, 2013September 19, 2025
Posted inHistory

Eyes of a generation: Beat poet Allen Ginsberg’s snapshots of his friends on display at CJM

by Emma Silvers May 17, 2013April 16, 2026
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Home on the ranch: Jewish roots run deep at Straus Family Creamery

by Emma Silvers April 18, 2013November 23, 2018

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