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Survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp arrive in Haifa in 1945, 12 years before Lili Naveh would arrive there with her mother, also a Holocaust survivor.
Posted inIsrael at 70

I was 3 when we left the sorrow of Poland to run free in Haifa

Lili Naveh by Lili Naveh April 8, 2018April 9, 2018
a family waves israeli flags ecstatically
Posted inIsrael at 70

Party like it’s 1948 at these Bay Area Israel Independence Day events

by J. Staff April 5, 2018April 9, 2018
Brad Wolfe, Reimagine creator, performing at the inaugural 2016 event (Photo/Courtesy Tami Kelly)
Posted inJewish Life

Death in the Bay: weeklong series invites you to ‘Reimagine End of Life’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 3, 2018April 3, 2018
(Photo/file)
Posted inJewish Life

Need a seder in the Bay Area this year? We’ve got you covered.

Daniel Bromfield by Daniel Bromfield March 20, 2018March 28, 2018
"The Circumcision of Isaac," Regensburg Pentateuch, ca. 1300
Posted inColumns

Am I not allowed to know how to convert my child?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler March 20, 2018
A student at Tehiyah Day School in El Cerrito participating in the National School Walkout, March 14, 2018. (Courtesy/Tehiyah Day School)
Posted inOpinion

Watching my 9-year-old protest school shootings gave me hope for the future

Shaun Kozolchyk by Shaun Kozolchyk March 19, 2018March 23, 2018
Shoshana Edelstein blows a shofar with help from Emma Schnur. Shoshana attends Gan Avraham Preschool at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, a participant in the Federation’s Jewish Resource Specialists program. (Photo/Rachel Regan)
Posted inNews

Millions in grant money helps elevate Jewish preschool education

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn March 18, 2018March 19, 2018
One of the columnists' kids, staring at a screen. (Photo/Nicki Gilbert)
Posted inColumns

When my kids gaze at their tiny screens, I want to scream!

by Nicki Gilbert March 13, 2018
Noah Pozner, 6, was the youngest of 20 child victims of the Dec. 14, 2012 shooting massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that also claimed six adults. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Pozner family)
Posted inColumns

As a mom, it’s getting harder to pretend away school shootings

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein March 11, 2018March 9, 2018
Cellphones stashed away at last year’s unplugging (Photo/Courtesy Reboot)
Posted inJewish Life

Stop tapping and start talking on National Day of Unplugging

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 8, 2018March 8, 2018

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