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a vivid painting of a goat in the desert
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Many politicians today love to make a scapegoat of others

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A woman poses with two loaves of bread shaped a 6 and a 0
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60 ways to leave your 50s: How I turned a big birthday into a tzedakah project

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As S.F. Fleet Week meets Yom Kippur, the call of the shofar clashes with the roar of fighter jets

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 9, 2024October 9, 2024
A large crowd fills Civic Center for a rally during a Jewish Unity March against antisemitism in San Francisco on Sunday, March 3, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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One year after Oct. 7, how do we maintain Zionist unity?

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A tale of two street murals about the Israel-Hamas war

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Jewish parents face a heightened mental health crisis

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A farmworker tends a greenhouse in Half Moon Bay (Courtesy Ayudando Latinos A Soñar)
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We can still rise above our own pain to help Bay Area farmworkers in need

Jamie Beckett by Jamie Beckett September 23, 2024September 23, 2024
A resident of the West Bank village of Susiya returns to the ruins of the town after a raid by Israeli settlers in 2021. (Courtesy Charles Rothschild)
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As a liberal Zionist, I don’t see Israel living up to its founding aspirations

Charles Rothschild by Charles Rothschild September 13, 2024September 13, 2024
The level of antisemitism in the district is “quite rampant,” parent Mara Kolesas told the Berkeley Unified School District board on Nov. 1, 2023. (Screenshot)
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We can all help to better protect Bay Area Jewish kids at school this year

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a group of people, many wearing keffiyehs, sit and stand on the pavement together
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Everyone is talking about Palestinians this election cycle. No one is actually listening to us.

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib September 9, 2024September 9, 2024

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