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First Person

Roberta Rosenthal Kwall with her new grandson
Posted inKids & Family

A new baby’s first Shabbat

Roberta Rosenthal Kwall with her new grandson by Roberta Rosenthal Kwall July 9, 2018July 10, 2018
portrait of anne frank
Posted inUncategorized

Anne Frank, Emmett Till and visiting my mom’s Nazi-era home

by Roger Grunwald July 9, 2018July 12, 2018
Rev. Dr. Ellen Clark-King speaking at an interfaith vigil for immigrant children at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, June 21. Far right: Abby Porth of Jewish Community Relations Council with Rabbis Jason Rodich and Sydney Mintz of Congregation Emanu-El (Photo/SFJCRC-Twitter)
Posted inFirst Person, Local Voice, Opinion

Interfaith vigil for immigrants was good. Now let’s get to work.

Rita R. Semel by Rita R. Semel June 25, 2018June 25, 2018
Children and workers at a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas, June 19, 2018 (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Posted inColumns

Looking to a 16-year-old border detainee for a ray of humanity

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein June 25, 2018
A sign reads "Where are the children?" at an anti-ICE rally in Chicago, June 5, 2018. (Photo/Flickr-Charles Edward Miller CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

On Father’s Day, I thought of fathers whose children are taken by ICE

by David Waksberg June 18, 2018June 18, 2018
(Photo/Flickr-Steven Groves CC BY 2.0)
Posted inFather's Day, Uncategorized, First Person

My taste of treyf, and my Orthodox rabbi dad’s reaction

Rabbi Shelley Waldenberg by Rabbi Shelley Waldenberg June 15, 2018June 15, 2018
The Calvin family with IDF soldiers on the tracks leading to Auschwitz-Birkenau on April 15 (Photo/Shahar Azran)
Posted inFirst Person

Discovering pieces of my Jewish identity, in Poland and Israel

by Leo Tovey June 4, 2018
Richard Benjamin, right, as Alexander Portnoy in a 1972 film adaptation of "Portnoy's Complaint." Lee Grant, on left, played Portnoy's mother. (Photo/JTA-Warner Brothers-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Writing after Roth: ‘Now vee may perhaps to begin’

Dan Schifrin by Dan Schifrin May 24, 2018
Jeff Morgan (left) in the shuk in Jerusalem with his friend Leslie Rudd, who recently passed away (Photo/Courtesy of Jeff Morgan)
Posted inJewish Life

Goodbye, my friend: winemaker and entrepreneur Leslie Rudd

Jeff Morgan by Jeff Morgan May 8, 2018May 7, 2018
A bus stop ad in Warsaw for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Photo/Shana Penn)
Posted inHistory

Daffodils replace yellow stars as Poland honors 75th anniversary of ghetto uprising

Shana Penn by Shana Penn May 7, 2018May 7, 2018

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