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One of many self-driving Cruise cars approved for use on the streets of San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy Cruise)
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All hail the Shabbos car; Jolly good British Jewish food; etc.

by J. Readers September 14, 2023
Sen. Dianne Feinstein walks to the Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol Building, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Anna Moneymaker-Getty Images)
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Emanu-El is open; Shame on drivel about Feinstein; Love for Sam Salkin; etc.

by J. Readers September 5, 2023
A Purim party among the trees at Chabad of Grass Valley, which serves Jews throughout Nevada County. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad of Grass Valley)
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Anatoly Smolkin needs help, not prison; How Nevada City used to treat Jews; etc.

by J. Readers August 18, 2023August 18, 2023
Members of Jewish Youth for Climate Justice at the Sept. 20, 2019, climate protest in San Francisco (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
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The kids are right to be concerned about climate justice

by J. Readers August 1, 2023August 1, 2023
Rabbi Mona Alfi and Cantor Julie Steinberg saying the blessing over bread at a Shabbat dinner their synagogue hosted for members and migrants sent to Sacramento by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Photo/Courtesy B'nai Israel)
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Sacramento Jews are ‘the helpers’; You’re never too old for Zumba; Etc.

by J. Readers July 18, 2023July 18, 2023
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis waves to supporters at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nov. 19, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Wade Vandervort-AFP via Getty Images)
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DeSantis and LGBTQ+ history; Stow Lake’s new name should be Jewish

by J. Readers July 5, 2023July 5, 2023
Shlomo Carlebach at his 1960s base of operations, the House of Love and Prayer in San Francisco
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Weaponizing the Holocaust; Carlebach and the perils of adulation; Etc.

by J. Readers June 20, 2023
Stow Lake is named for William W. Stow, speaker of the Assembly in 1855 who railed against the state’s Jews. (Photos/Wikimedia Commons, Souvenir Evening Post; Collage/Gabriel Greschler)
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Sad farewell to Meira Academy; Don’t rename Stow Lake; Breed in Israel

by J. Readers June 7, 2023June 8, 2023
Environmentalist and former Member of Knesset Alon Tal at a May 7 rally in Sunnyvale against Israel's proposed judicial reform organized by the Israeli expat group UnXeptable. (Photo/Galit Lipsitz Goldenthal)
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Erasing history in Florida; UnXeptable’s true colors; Just say no to white flour

by J. Readers May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
Judy Blume in the new documentary "Judy Blume Forever." (Photo/Courtesy Prime Video)
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Judy Blume, force for good; Congress’ foul Israel decree; Religion doesn’t belong on census

by J. Readers May 10, 2023May 10, 2023

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