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The Duveneck House at Hidden Villa featured tiles with pre-Nazi swastikas, a common symbol in Eastern religions, in Los Altos Hills. (Photo/Courtesy Hidden Villa)
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Israel needs electoral reform; foolish swastika arguments

by J. Readers July 6, 2022
Chesa Boudin looks on during an election-night event as voters chose to recall him from his position as San Francisco District Attorney, June 7, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Chesa gave it his all; We love CCJDS; Federation should save Jewish healing center

by J. Readers June 22, 2022
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar attend a ceremony marking the handover of items in the Schneerson library to a Chabad-run museum in Moscow, June 13, 2013. (Photo/JTA-Yuri Kadobnov-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Chabad vs. Russia; Swastika vs. hakenkreuz; Forgotten bakeries; etc.

by J. Readers June 7, 2022
Demonstrators at the "Make a Holy Noise for Climate Change" demonstration on Aug. 25 in San Jose as they march to the federal building. (Photo/George Barahona)
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Jewish climate activists are ‘misguided’; Jewish retirement homes are expensive; etc.

by J. Readers May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
Chesa Boudin celebrates his district attorney win, Nov. 9, 2019. (Photo/Natasha Florentino-Courtesy Boudin campaign)
Posted inLetters

Missing the point on Boudin; Jewish bogosity on abortion; etc.

by J. Readers May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
Chesa Boudin celebrates his district attorney win, Nov. 9, 2019. (Photo/Natasha Florentino-Courtesy Boudin campaign)
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Chesa Boudin is bad for S.F.; Coachella is bad for Passover; etc.

by J. Readers April 28, 2022
Hands holding an AIPAC flyer with an image of Donald Trump on it
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AIPAC goes too far; Bat mitzvah memories; Dangers of the French right; etc.

by J. Readers April 18, 2022
A man floating in the Dead Sea, one of the sites that the Sierra Club's trips to Israel have visited in the past. (Photo/maxpixel.net)
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Doing right by disabled Jews; Sierra Club, continued; AIPAC and the Dems; etc.

by J. Readers April 4, 2022
A man floating in the Dead Sea, one of the sites that the Sierra Club's trips to Israel have visited in the past. (Photo/maxpixel.net)
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Canceling Sierra Club; AIPAC misguided on ‘stop the steal’ candidates; etc.

by J. Readers March 18, 2022
Zahra Billoo speaks at the Jan. 2018 Women's March in San Francisco. (Photo/Wikimedia-Pax Ahimsa Gethen CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Myopia on race; Zahra Billoo was wronged; Can’t stop Russia

by J. Readers March 7, 2022

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