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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)
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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
Dresden after the bombings in 1945. (Photo/Bundesarchiv CC BY-SA 3.0 de)
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Hamas exploits the strategic difficulty and moral quandary of attacking Gaza

Rabbi Daniel A. Weiner by Rabbi Daniel A. Weiner October 31, 2023
Israeli flags were in abundance at a rally in San Francisco's Union Square on  Sept. 18, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Rise, recover, reimagine: A Jewish response to the terror of Oct. 7

Amichai Magen is the inaugural Visiting Fellow in Israel Studies at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (Photo/Courtesy-Amichai Magen) by Amichai Magen October 31, 2023November 20, 2025
Candles at a vigil for victims of the Hamas attacks at Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos, Oct. 8. (Photo/Emma Steinberg)
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In war with Hamas, what is the moral use of Jewish power?

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn October 30, 2023November 3, 2023
Israeli flags at a rally in San Francisco's Union Square, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inLocal Voice

In times of crisis, the Jewish community gives generously

Joy Sisisky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Joy Sisisky October 27, 2023

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