The 11-day war between Hamas and Israel has ended, but the reverberations are being felt not just within Israel, where tensions in Arab-Jewish cities are still smoldering, but also in the Bay Area. In the early days of the fighting last month, rallies in support of one side or the other were held in several…
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Editorial
Editorial
This year we really mean ‘salute to grads’
This week’s print edition of J. includes our annual “Salute to Grads” section, featuring congratulatory ads from local Jewish schools and related…
Editorial
A painful road too often traveled in Israel
Weeks of protests and clashes in Jerusalem, missile strikes from Gaza and retaliations from Israel, and spasms of ethnic violence throughout the country…
Editorial
Getting vaccinated isn’t about you — it’s about all of us
Are you vaccinated? If so, you are in the majority. More than half of all Californians 16 and older are now fully or partially vaccinated, according to…
Editorial
The unseen mental toll of the pandemic
Lockdown. Masks. Zoom. More Zoom. Sitting at home. No going to school. No going to the office. No getting together with friends or family outside of your…
Editorial
Ethnic studies: A meaningful victory in a complicated fight
When state Sen. Ben Allen and Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, both liberal Democrats from Southern California, first read the original draft of the Ethnic…
Editorial
The local Jewish response to Covid has shown us at our best
Resilience, persistence, ingenuity and generosity. These watchwords aptly describe the Bay Area Jewish community’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.…
Editorial
Survivors are fewer and fewer. We can’t forget them now.
Every so often, it’s useful to recall the immortal words of novelist William Faulkner: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” That insight…
Music
This guitarist makes new soundscapes from old Jewish records
Folk musician and record archivist Nathan Salsburg lives on a 40-acre former tree farm in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, with fellow songwriter…