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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)
Posted inLocal Voice

Jews must reject calls for ‘voluntary emigration’ of Palestinians

Daniel Sokatch by Daniel Sokatch January 9, 2024January 9, 2024
Big crowd at a vigil for Pittsburgh shooting victims the day after the attack (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inFirst Person

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)
Posted inAnalysis

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
Students and Hillel associates paint and chat during commUNITY, a session of healing through art and prayer, at SF Hillel in San Francisco on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish college students can’t escape the politics of Oct. 7

Roger Feigelson by Roger Feigelson December 22, 2023December 26, 2023
A Jewish student holds up an Israeli flag in front of a student holding up a Palestinian flag on the edge of a pro-Israel rally at UC Berkeley, Oct. 10, 2023. (Photo/Ben Weiss-Ishai)
Posted inLocal Voice

‘Must justice for Palestine mean injustice for Israel?’

by Mark Brilliant December 20, 2023December 20, 2023
Demonstrators raise Palestinian and Israeli flags in support and opposition to a resolution in support of a ceasefire in Gaza at Oakland City Hall on Monday, Oct. 28, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inLocal Voice

We must relearn our history to fight for a Jewish future: four ideas

Arthur Slepian by Arthur Slepian December 18, 2023
A damaged building at Kibbutz Kfar Aza (Photo/Courtesy Laura Lauder)
Posted inLocal Voice

We cannot let the world forget, minimize or rationalize the Oct. 7 massacre

by Barry Cohn and Guy Miasnik December 13, 2023
Joy Sisisky in her office at the Jewish Community Federation in San Francisco. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inUncategorized, Local Voice

The Federation as a center for Jewish philanthropy, today and always

Joy Sisisky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Joy Sisisky December 8, 2023December 7, 2023
Images of victims of the Holocaust in the rotunda of Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust museum and memorial. (Photo/Wikimedia CC0)
Posted inYouth Voice

At my Bay Area high school, Holocaust education barely exists

Ben Siegel by Ben Siegel December 5, 2023

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