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A man speaks at a lectern. Behind him, "Divest Now" signs can be seen among a seated crowd.
Posted inLocal Voice

Alameda County treasurer’s Israel divestment decision was personal and biased

Teresa Drenick (Courtesy) by Teresa Drenick January 28, 2025January 28, 2025
Agamesh Mengistu, mother of Avera Mengistu, with her son Ilan, in Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inLocal Voice

This Ethiopian Israeli has been held in Gaza for over a decade. He deserves to be at the front of the line.

Beza Abebe (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Beza Abebe January 27, 2025January 27, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference on Jan. 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inLocal Voice

Netanyahu is still standing politically — but for how much longer? 

Eran Kaplan by Eran Kaplan January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
a heavily armored bulldozer plows through sandy terrain as an Israel flag waves on its back
Posted inLetters

Alameda County’s BDS move, for and against

by J. Readers January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
Luba Grungras, who is believed to be the last living survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp in the Bay Area, at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living on Jan. 16, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

‘I did not understand I was still alive’: At 100, Auschwitz survivor recalls Holocaust horrors

by Luba Grungras January 23, 2025January 24, 2025
A man speaks at a lectern. Behind him, "Divest Now" signs can be seen among a seated crowd.
Posted inLocal Voice

Alameda County treasurer’s BDS move undermines trust and fairness

Ken Bravmann (Courtesy)Itamar Landau by Ken Bravmann and Itamar Landau January 22, 2025January 22, 2025
a heavily armored bulldozer plows through sandy terrain as an Israel flag waves on its back
Posted inLocal Voice

I’m a Jewish elected official. Here’s why I divested our county from Caterpillar

a posed headshot of a man in a suit with a mustache. a california flag hangs behind him. by Henry Levy January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
A group of protesters. Some hold up Palestinian flags. Others are holding up a large yellow banner that says "SF BAY AREA, RISE UP FOR PALESTINE, END ISRAELI APARTHEID"
Posted inLetters

Appalled by the Haas Fund vs. applauding the Haas Fund

by J. Readers January 9, 2025January 10, 2025
A Bundist demonstration in Russia in 1917. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inLocal Voice

We can resist tyranny by following in the footsteps of the Jewish Labor Bund

Elaine Sneierson Leeder by Elaine Sneierson Leeder January 8, 2025January 8, 2025
Three political leaders shake hands
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When I met with President Carter about Israel’s ‘apartheid’

Rabbi Andrew Straus by Rabbi Andrew Straus January 3, 2025January 3, 2025

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