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A patron at a Jerusalem pub watches as President Donald Trump recognizes the city as Israel's capital, Dec. 6, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inOpinion

Jerusalem, for and against; and Arab stereotypes in our cartoons

by J. Readers December 22, 2017December 22, 2017
An Israeli soldier stands guard in the West Bank town of Hebron, which is starkly divided between Jewish settlers and Palestinian residents. (Photo/Flickr-pal_pics CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Settlements, coexistence, whatever — lay off Federation’s donor-advised grants

by J. Readers December 10, 2017December 8, 2017
Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor, "golem in repose," 2017
Posted inOpinion

Art in ‘Remember the Sabbath’ is nice. But what does it have to do with the Sabbath?

by J. Readers December 1, 2017December 4, 2017
Cal Tikvah co-president Adah Forer (left) and law student Olivia Wittels flank speaker Alan Dershowitz at U.C. Berkeley on Oct. 11, 2017. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inOpinion

‘Pro-diplomacy millennial’? There’s no one to engage with!

by J. Readers November 20, 2017
An editorial cartoon published last week in the Daily Cal, the student newspaper of UC Berkeley
Posted inOpinion

Dershowitz cartoon was ‘Blood Libel’

by J. Readers November 1, 2017November 2, 2017
Surrounded by blackened vegetation, Camp Newman's iconic hillside Star of David, Oct. 2017, shortly after a wildfire devoured much of the camp. (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inUncategorized, Letters

Letters, Oct. 20: A poem for Camp Newman

by J. Readers October 20, 2017October 19, 2017
Alameda student Natasha Waldorf, seen here with parents Mel Waldorf and Jessica Lindsey at her bat mitzvah (Photo/Courtesy Mel Waldorf)
Posted inOpinion

Readers weigh in: campus anti-Semitism; binational Israel; ‘dismaying’ DACA editorial

by J. Readers October 5, 2017October 9, 2017
Rabbi Alissa Wise sits on steps with a shirt that says "Palestinians should be free"
Posted inOpinion

Israel has every right to protect itself against JVP

by J. Readers August 29, 2017August 23, 2017
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before direct peace talks in Washington, D.C., in Sept. 2010 (Photo/JTA-Getty-Jason Reed-Pool
Posted inOpinion

Don’t blame both sides in Charlottesville — or Israel

by J. Readers August 28, 2017August 29, 2017
President Donald Trump speaking to the media at Trump Tower in New York City, Aug. 15, 2017. Looking on, from left, are Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council; Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin; Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao; and Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Letter to Gary Cohn: Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly

by J. Readers August 26, 2017August 23, 2017

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