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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
J.'s late former editor Marc Klein interviews Israel's then-Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir in the early 1980s.
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Connection with Marc Klein; Cal chancellor’s concessions; Pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel?

by J. Readers June 27, 2024June 27, 2024
An aerial view of American Jewish University's Sunny & Isadore Familian Campus in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Courtesy)
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A Conservative rabbinical school is trying to sweep sexual harassment under the rug

Shayna Dollinger (Courtesy) by Shayna Dollinger June 26, 2024July 3, 2024
rows of seated guests seen from behind, with a chuppah at the far end
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Reform rabbinical students can finally love whomever they want

Rabbi Chayva Lehrman. (Photo/Emma Goss) by Rabbi Chayva Lehrman June 25, 2024July 9, 2024
a small green metal chamber with a heavy vault-like door inside of a larger room
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Yes, review Alameda County death penalty cases — but go even further

Flaurie S. Imberman (Courtesy)Elie Axelroth (Courtesy) by Flaurie S. Imberman and Elie Axelroth June 24, 2024June 26, 2024

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