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State Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond speaking to the press Aug. 14 about the state's proposed high school ethnic studies curriculum. (From left) Assemblyman Marc Berman, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Thurmond, Senator Ben Allen, Assemblyman Jose Medina (Photo/Facebook-Abby Porth)
Posted inEducation

Ethnic studies: A meaningful victory in a complicated fight

by J. Editorial Board April 1, 2021
a white man with a black mask over her nose and mouth stands at the front of a classroom
Posted inOpinion

The local Jewish response to Covid has shown us at our best

by J. Editorial Board March 18, 2021March 18, 2021
Lori, a Holocaust survivor from the JFCS Holocaust Center speakers' bureau, addresses students in March 2019. (Photo/Trish Tunney)
Posted inEditorial

Holocaust survivors are fewer and fewer. Many live in poverty. We can’t forget them now.

by J. Editorial Board March 4, 2021March 5, 2021
Nathan Salsburg in a barn on his property, which also functions as his office. (Photo/Joan Shelley)
Posted inEditorial

Folk guitarist Nathan Salsburg makes experimental soundscapes from old Jewish phonograph records

Daniel Bromfield by Daniel Bromfield and JTA March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Kiki Lipsett as Esther in the 2019 "Irreverently Yours, The Shushan Queens" Purim spiel at the Starline Social Club in Oakland. (Photo/Courtesy Kiki Lipsett)
Posted inOpinion

Purim reminds us how to heal hearts through laughter

by J. Editorial Board February 18, 2021
Feinstein Elementary, named for current U.S. Senator and former San Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein, will be renamed under the new plan. (Photo/Google Maps)
Posted inOpinion

S.F. school board must prioritize reopening schools, not renaming them

by J. Editorial Board February 4, 2021February 4, 2021
Capitol building all decked out for inauguration, with banners and flags everywhere
Posted inEditorial

A new era, and what we take into it from Jan. 6 

by J. Editorial Board January 20, 2021January 20, 2021
Mary Ann Salinas holds up two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, Dec. 21, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inEditorial

After a dark year, looking forward to a time of hope

by J. Editorial Board January 6, 2021
a lit menorah
Posted inOpinion

From a dark 2020 to a shining 2021

by J. Editorial Board December 17, 2020December 17, 2020
Members of the Proud Boys flash a hand gesture associated with white supremacy at a pro-Trump rally in Sacramento on Nov. 28, 2020. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inEditorial

We need a big-tent antifascist movement

by J. Editorial Board December 9, 2020

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