First Person At 18 I did Birthright; at 19, made aliyah On July 24, my 19th birthday, I will make aliyah. Whatever kind of teenager you picture when you hear that sentence, it’s probably not me. I grew up in a… By Eliana Dunn Jul 23, 2018
Israel at 70 Israel memories inspire Moth-style storytelling event at Marin JCC “Are you an American Jew, or a Jewish American?” The teacher’s question, posed to Marty Friedman 33 years ago on a teen trip to Israel, totally threw him.… By Liz Harris May 14, 2018
Israel at 70 This beautiful, messy country … my Israel Sticky arms and face from three popsicles too many. Dirty feet from running around barefoot in orange orchards. Hair wild from dipping in and out of the… By Johanna Meckel Apr 19, 2018
Israel at 70 Eyewitness to Yom Kippur War, Ethiopian aliyah and more I became interested in Israel as a teenager. Lacking any serious knowledge or Zionist education, I remember during the Six-Day War betting an Arab… By Rabbi Doug Kahn Apr 19, 2018
Film ‘By the time I visited Israel, I had seen 500 Israeli films.’ I was raised in a New York labor union Jewish family, and from my childhood through my teens my parents sent me to a commie Quaker camp, so I missed out… By Lexi Leban Apr 19, 2018
Israel at 70 Acts of nonviolence can heal the world This past summer, in the South Hebron Hills, a girl called down to me from the gnarled branches of a tree and knocked me in the head with a ripe, fuzzy… By Rena Oppenheimer Apr 18, 2018
Israel at 70 Israel’s world-class universities are a valuable investment Israel is known worldwide as the startup nation for its technology innovation, second only to Silicon Valley for its technology success. According to… By Stephen Grand Apr 18, 2018
From the J. Archive What we wrote about S.F.’s Israel celebration in 1948 May 21, 1948 Birth of the State of Israel was celebrated in San Francisco in the Veterans Building with a rousing mass meeting sponsored by all the… By J. Staff Apr 18, 2018
Israel at 70 How I met my brother When our tour guide Gadi rolled down the window and addressed the security guard as “achi” — “my brother” — I was surprised that he just happened to have… By Rabbi Yossi Marcus Apr 18, 2018