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Daniel Klein, CEO of Jewish Silicon Valley, at the site of the Nova music festival massacre. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Silicon Valley)
Posted inOpinion

Visiting Israel makes the war and hostage situation more real and urgent

Daniel Klein by Daniel Klein February 8, 2024February 9, 2024
A supporter of a measure requiring Hayward to divest from four companies that do business with Israel speaks at a Hayward City Council meeting on Jan. 23, 2024. (Screenshot)
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Hayward City Council’s vote to divest from Israel will have unintended consequences

Jeremy Templeton by Jeremy Templeton February 7, 2024February 8, 2024
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Posted inOpinion

Laws targeting the freedom of trans people should sound familiar to Jews

Jonah Sam Kaye by Jonah "Sam" Kaye February 1, 2024February 1, 2024
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We are walking on eggshells — with each other

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 25, 2024
A sea of signs demanding the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza at the March for Israel in Washington, Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JCRC Bay Area)
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Israel must give up on unrealistic ‘total victory’ over Hamas and war without end

Eugene Bardach by Eugene Bardach January 23, 2024January 23, 2024
People stand in gallery of California Assembly
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At Shabbat for Ceasefire, we will use prayer, song and contemplation to strengthen our resolve

Rabbi Margaret Holub by Rabbi Margaret Holub January 19, 2024
Palestinians walk through rubble following an Israeli airstrike on the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City in northern Gaza on Oct. 9, 2023. (Wafa-APAimages via Wikimedia Commons)
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Jews must reject calls for ‘voluntary emigration’ of Palestinians

Daniel Sokatch by Daniel Sokatch January 9, 2024January 9, 2024
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Despite a bomb threat at my Bay Area synagogue, I still feel safer among my fellow Jews

Natalie Bivas by Natalie Bivas January 9, 2024
A pink-haired parody of a Berkeley progressive corrects her fellow "Three Wise Persons" on gender politics in a recent video from the Israeli sketch comedy series "Eretz Nehederet." (Screenshot/YouTube)
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Viral videos about Bay Area antisemitism blur the line between reality and satire

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 29, 2023January 3, 2024
A sea of signs demanding the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza at the March for Israel in Washington, Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JCRC Bay Area)
Posted inOpinion

After Oct. 7, I finally understand what my mom was trying to tell me

by Melissa Freed Cohen December 29, 2023January 3, 2024

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