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Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups face off at Stanford University on May 12, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOpinion

To defeat antisemitism, we must embrace partnership and reject polarization

Amy Spitalnick by Amy Spitalnick July 18, 2024July 18, 2024
Peace activist Maoz Inon gives a tour of the old city of Nazareth. (Courtesy Rabbi Amy Eilberg)
Posted inLocal Voice

Visiting Israel, I discovered that hope for peace still exists

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 17, 2024July 17, 2024
Antisemitic graffiti on the playground at Commodore Sloat Elementary School in San Francisco, Aug. 2023.
Posted inUncategorized

Had enough of hate graffiti in the Bay Area? Here’s what you can do 

by Nancy Appel and Rafael Brinner July 16, 2024July 16, 2024
"A good soldier/zionist/settler is a DEAD ONE," reads sidewalk graffiti near the UC Davis pro-Palestinian encampment, which has since been disbanded. (Mily Ron)
Posted inLocal Voice

UC Davis talks up free-speech protections while ignoring Jewish voices

Leah Hibel (Courtesy) by Leah Hibel July 15, 2024July 16, 2024
Israel Defense Forces personnel stand guard as a bulldozer demolishes a building in the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair in the West Bank on June 26, 2024. (Eid Suleiman)
Posted inLocal Voice

I am an Israeli American Jew. Bulldozing Palestinian homes is personal for me

Ben Linder by Ben Linder July 10, 2024July 10, 2024
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march in the Resistance Contingent during the San Francisco Pride Parade in San Francisco, June 30, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inLetters

Seniors need more time in JCC pool; Why I boycotted SF Pride; ‘Intellectual slovenliness’

by J. Readers July 9, 2024August 12, 2024
The late Chabad rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in Brooklyn, May 1987 (Photo/Wikimedia CC BY 3.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

Remembering Rabbi Schneerson, who believed a single mitzvah could change the world

Rabbi Mendy Cohen by Rabbi Mendy Cohen July 8, 2024July 8, 2024
holy bible on stand
Posted inLocal Voice

The Christian right wants schools to teach the Bible — but doesn’t understand what the Bible is about

by Robert Alter July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Anastasia Torres-Gil holds up a sign demanding the return of Bipin Joshi, a 23-year-old man from Nepal who is among the hostages still being held in Gaza, at a May 20, 2024 protest at UC Santa Cruz. (Courtesy Torres-Gil)
Posted inLocal Voice

Being pro-Palestinian doesn’t have to mean you oppose the release of hostages

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil July 2, 2024July 2, 2024
Oakland Unified School District teacher Joshua Diamant at a press conference where parents, teachers and Jewish leaders expressed their distress at a statement by the teachers' union they deemed antisemitic, Nov. 2023. (Photo/Dan Ancona)
Posted inLocal Voice

Fighting anti-Jewish bias in classrooms is more urgent than ever

a smiling middle aged white woman with glasses and dark hair by Aliza Craimer Elias June 28, 2024July 10, 2024

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