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Beza Abebe is an Ethiopian Israeli human rights advocate living in Oakland. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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As an Ethiopian Israeli, I wonder if my homeland really has my back

Beza Abebe (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Beza Abebe May 5, 2026May 5, 2026
A Rosh Hashanah card printed around 1900 features the Statue of Liberty nestled within the Jewish traveler’s prayer.
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In less Jewish areas, Jewish American Heritage Month is all the more important

Danielle Feldman (Courtesy) by Danielle Feldman May 1, 2026May 1, 2026
Sue Barnett in Tel Aviv in January of 1991, shortly after the start of the Gulf War. Her shirt has a caricature of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and reads "I survived Jan. 15 in Israel."
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I’m retiring after 22 years as a J. editor, and I’m ready to tell the story

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett April 30, 2026April 30, 2026
Israeli Consul General Marco Sermoneta at a ceremony for Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s memorial day, at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Farewell to Sue. Jewish ethnicity. Yom HaZikaron interrupters.

by J. Readers April 29, 2026April 29, 2026
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz, founder of the Jewish psychedelic organization Shefa, prays in the Giant Sequoia Grove in Berkeley, Aug. 6, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Psychedelics: A new approach to healing Jewish trauma is on the horizon

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz by Rabbi Zac Kamenetz April 27, 2026April 27, 2026
A memorial stands near the entombed reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (Trey Ratcliff CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr)
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Decades after Chernobyl, Russia’s arrogance toward Ukraine persists

Danny Grossman by Danny Grossman April 24, 2026April 24, 2026
Mosaic Law Congregation in Sacramento now allows non-Jewish members and patrilineal Jewish board members. (Courtesy)
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Why we changed the rules so non-Jews can be members of our synagogue

Rabbi Ben Herman (Courtesy) by Rabbi Ben Herman April 10, 2026April 10, 2026
A person holds a “Trans Jews belong here” sign at the 2025 San Francisco pride parade. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Jewish communities can help save trans lives — here’s how

Rabbi Eliana Kayelle by Rabbi Eliana Kayelle and Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner April 7, 2026April 7, 2026
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She was my Jewish angel, but she never even knew it

Dee-Dee Sberlo by Dee-Dee Sberlo April 3, 2026April 4, 2026
A protester holds a sign that reads “Divest” and “Free Palestine” in English and Spanish during a demonstration at San Francisco State University in April 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Cal needs to change. SFSU antisemitism. Column got it wrong.

by J. Readers April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

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