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San Francisco's Marina District was hit hard by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. (Photo/Eve Fraser-Corp via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Like us, ancient Israelites divided time into ‘before’ and ‘after’ trauma

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf May 2, 2024
Signs with slogans including "Divest from genocide" and "Revolution until victory" hang from a string marking the boundary of the pro-Palestinian encampment at Stanford University in Palo Alto, April 30, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Toughen up: A strategy for addressing antisemitism on campus

Alon Tal (Photo/Courtesy) by Alon Tal May 1, 2024May 1, 2024
Demonstrators approach Sather Gate at UC Berkeley during a protest against antisemitism on campus, March 11, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Like elite college athletes, Jewish students need a ‘transfer portal’

Dan Cohen (Photo/Courtesy) by Dan Cohen April 30, 2024April 30, 2024
David Ben-Gurion in his study in Sde Boker, Israel, 1968. (Photo/The Dan Hadani Collection, the Pritzker Family National Photography Collection at the National Library of Israel)
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Zionism is hotly debated today — same as it ever was

Eran Kaplan by Eran Kaplan April 29, 2024April 30, 2024
Rabbi Dev Noily’s grandfather, Jehudah Noily, was an enthusiastic Zionist. (Photo/Courtesy)
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For my grandparents, Zionism was a dream. For my son, it’s oppression.

Rabbi Dev Noily by Rabbi Dev Noily April 26, 2024April 29, 2024
Rabbi Michael Lerner in the Interfaith Coalition tent at Occupy Oakland in 2011. (Photo/B Hartford J Strong via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
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What losing Tikkun means to me — and to the rest of the Jewish world

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser April 16, 2024April 16, 2024
If the CJPA passes, it's possible you won't see much of anything when you go looking for us on Google.
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This bill could harm the cause of good journalism in California

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser April 15, 2024April 15, 2024
Lisa Kokin's "Red Line" will appear in the Contemporary Jewish Museum's upcoming California Jewish Open. (Photo/Courtesy Kokin)
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I’m an anti-Zionist Jewish artist who believes it’s important to stand with CJM

Lisa Kokin (Photo/Courtesy) by Lisa Kokin April 12, 2024April 12, 2024
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How to talk about the elephant in the room at this year’s seder

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 10, 2024
Jewish Voice for Peace organized a protest outside of the Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area’s 75th anniversary gala in San Francisco, March 10, 2024. (Photo/Jo Ellen Green Kaiser)
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For American Jews, the six months since Oct. 7 have intensified what already divided us

Marc Dollinger by Marc Dollinger April 5, 2024

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