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Micah Siva and her husband, Joshua, in Jaffa.
Posted inOpinion

On Israel trip for young couples, we went from strangers to family

Micah Siva by Micah Siva April 17, 2023
Daniel Altman. (Photo/Berkeleyside-Courtesy Altman family)
Posted inFirst Person

Remembering Daniel Altman, Israel-born architect who painted Bay Area scenes

by Megan Davis and Sharon Davis April 12, 2023
Karen Galatz, 11, and her father Julius Galatz, taken by Karen's brother Malcolm Galatz, a professional photographer who had photos in Life magazine.
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Sweet memories of a short-order cook, and my father

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 10, 2023
Temple Sinai in Oakland in 1914
Posted inFrom the Archives

J. archives bring humanity of Bay Area Jewish history to life

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn March 23, 2023March 24, 2023
Thousands rally in Tel Aviv to protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government and judicial overhaul, Jan. 7, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Matan Golan-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Israel is headed for a revolution — but whose?

David Biale by David Biale March 14, 2023March 14, 2023
Rabbi Amanda Russell reads from Congregation Beth Sholom's newly commissioned Megillah. (Photo/Courtesy Beth Sholom)
Posted inUncategorized

Why my synagogue commissioned a groundbreaking new Megillah

Rabbi Amanda Russell by Rabbi Amanda Russell March 6, 2023March 6, 2023
Posted inYouth Voice

Overhyping antisemitism? Maybe I’m the frog in slowly boiling water

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward March 3, 2023
Tova Ricardo
Posted inPoetry

A Black History Month poem: i think a lot about color

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo February 16, 2023February 16, 2023
Left: A view of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama (Photo/JTA-Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post-Getty Images); Right: "Moses on Mount Sinai" by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895-1900 (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inFirst Person

From Moses to Memphis, the work of liberation remains unfinished

Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein by Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein and JTA February 13, 2023
Luda Shuster's parents in the Soviet Union, ca. 1950
Posted inOpinion

A lifetime of anti-Jewish propaganda — from Stalinist Russia to Kanye West

Luda Shuster by Luda Shuster February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

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