Change this Holocaust term I am writing regarding your Sept. 22 article “A recent survey found young adults ignorant about the Holocaust — or did it?” When teaching high school, I encountered the same issue. But one solution might be in changing some wording. We’ve used the name “concentration camps” — a euphemism for something…
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S.F. State should be ashamed; Trump thinks he's Churchill; etc.
Hypocrisy atop S.F. State San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney demonstrated masterful chutzpah over the Sept. 23 talk by Leila Khaled, an…
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Leila Khaled at S.F. State; antisemitism in ethnic studies; etc.
Let’s all boycott SFSU San Francisco State University has scheduled a Zoom event with Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled (“Jewish groups condemn plans for…
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Lehmann at GTU, for and against; UAE deal, for and against; etc.
Hurrah, Kamala! The announcement of Sen. Kamala Harris as the vice presidential nominee left many across the country excited, but as a former youth…
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Call Jew-hatred what it is; GTU controversy, for and against; etc.
It’s about hate, not a hyphen Your Aug. 6 editorial (“Dropping the hyphen: Why this publication is changing its spelling of antisemitism”) did not explain…
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Biden's 'career of lying'; Stop saying 'Jewish privilege'; An 'anti-Israel rag'
Showing schools our heart I was disappointed by your article “Schools scramble as Covid wreaks havoc on reopening plans.” The gist, as I read it, was that…
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J. is fake news; Kushner is no celebrity; BLM is bad for the Jews; etc.
Wrong! Jews are not safe in Hungary This is a response to the letter in J. from Ildiko Pataki (“Jews are safe in Hungary,” July 10). I am a Holocaust…
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Inequality in the burbs; JCCs need new funding model; etc.
Redress the inequities Hannah Lebovits’ opinion piece on white Jews moving to the suburbs (“White Jews fled to the suburbs. Black Americans could not.…
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Annexation is bad; welcome Jews of color; don't support BLM; etc.
How could UCSF do it? I worked at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco for close to 20 years, and also worked on “The Jewish Wedding” Zakheim…