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A conspiracy theorist who claimed that "Israel murdered their own people on Oct. 7" at the Nov. 27 meeting of the Oakland City Council, as seen in a video of extreme comments from the meeting that went viral. (Photo illustration/Forward-Nora Berman; screenshot via KTOP-TV)
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I was shouted down for condemning Hamas in an Oakland City Council meeting

Teresa Drenick (Courtesy) by Teresa Drenick December 1, 2023December 1, 2023
A classroom at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto in 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Sanchez)
Posted inLocal Voice

How should Jewish educators handle the Israel-Hamas war in their classrooms?

by Hanan Alexander and Benji Davis November 27, 2023
a woman looks down at her phone
Posted inAnalysis

No, you’re not that good at detecting fake videos from Israel and Gaza

by Sam Wineburg and Michael Caulfield November 20, 2023November 20, 2023
Protesters in the rotunda of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland wear T-shirts reading "Cease Fire Now," "Jews for a Cease Fire" and "Not in Our Name," Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy-JVP)
Posted inOpinion

JVP calls for cease-fire are calls to ‘save Hamas’ so they can attack again

Marco Sermonetta by Marco Sermoneta November 17, 2023November 20, 2023
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb speaks to fellow pro-cease-fire protesters in the rotunda of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JVP)
Posted inLocal Voice

Jews who protest against Israel are not your enemies

Mariyama Scott by Mariyama Scott November 17, 2023November 17, 2023
Rabbi Yonatan Cohen (right) attended the March for Israel in Washington along with his sons and a delegation of 18 members of his synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel of Berkeley, Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy Cohen)
Posted inOpinion

‘We are not alone’: I joined this week’s March for Israel in my nephew’s memory

by Rabbi Yonatan Cohen November 15, 2023November 15, 2023
Amos Dor holds a combined U.S. and Israeli flag during a rally demanding the release of Hamas' hostages at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Oct. 13, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inUncategorized

Give generously to Israel — but don’t forget the U.S. Jewish community

Barry Finestone (Photo/Courtesy) by Barry Finestone November 7, 2023November 7, 2023
Inset: Nitza Agam in 1973 (Photo/Courtesy Agam). Background: Israeli tanks cruise through the desert during the Yom Kippur War. (Photo/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
Posted inFirst Person

It took 50 years to process the last loss. I don’t have another 50.

Nitza Agam (Photo/Courtesy Agam) by Nitza Agam November 3, 2023November 8, 2023
"A morte de Agag" by Gustave Doré depicts the moment before the beheading of Agag, an Amalekite king, in I Samuel.
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Comparing Hamas to Amalek, our biblical nemesis, will ultimately hurt Israel

by Joshua Krug November 2, 2023
a man stands speaking at a podium. a banner in the background reads "A VIBRANT DIASPORA"
Posted inLocal Voice

At Z3, we have no time for false moral equivalence

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner November 2, 2023

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