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The Richmond city council heard from the public for over five hours on Oct. 24. (Screenshot)
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Richmond City Council pulls off the mask with Jew-hating and Israel-hating resolution

Shaun Kozolchyk by Shaun Kozolchyk October 27, 2023October 27, 2023
(From left) Karaite Jews of America President David Ovadia, Ambassador Daniel Rubinstein, Maryellen Himell-Ovadia and Eli Eltachan, president of the Israeli Karaite community. (Photo/Courtesy KJA)
Posted inLetters

A Karaite miracle; Synagogue security help; Israel perspectives; etc.

by J. Readers October 27, 2023October 28, 2023
Rabbi Jonathan Singer shows a Torah to some of his younger congregants at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco in 2017. (Photo/file)
Posted inLocal Voice

Support your local rabbis. They need it now more than ever.

Rabbi Jill Zimmerman by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman October 26, 2023October 27, 2023
"Abraham's Counsel to Sarai" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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This Torah portion’s focus on redemption of captives feels all too real

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 26, 2023
Sue Fishkoff, editor emerita of J., leads one of many discussions about important issues facing Israel and the diaspora held at last year's Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Photo/Saul Bromberger)
Posted inUncategorized

Talking openly about Israel will make us less polarized, not more

Rabbi Amitai Fraiman by Rabbi Amitai Fraiman October 25, 2023October 25, 2023
The Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system intercepting rockets fired by Hamas (right) as seen in the sky above the Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021 (Photo/JTA-Anas Baba-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Vengeance is not the only way to respond to this horror 

Michael Bien by Michael Bien October 25, 2023
Bill Kennedy Kedem, who has a daughter, son and five grandchildren in Israel, holds an Israeli flag while listening to JCRC CEO Tye Gregory (behind him) speak during a rally demanding Hamas release hostages at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inUncategorized, Local Voice

This is no time to give up hope. We are not powerless.

by Rebecca Goodman October 23, 2023October 25, 2023
Medical responders carry a body bag in Sderot, Israel, Oct. 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Saeed Qaq-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

A ‘terrorist attack’? No, it was a diabolical pogrom, and the world’s response has left me little time to mourn

Danny Grossman by Danny Grossman October 22, 2023October 25, 2023
Berkeley High School (Photo/Melinda Young Stuart via Flickr)
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Memo to Berkeley school district: Do the right thing

by Mark Brilliant and Shamik Dasgupta October 18, 2023October 25, 2023
Art from Distinctions: A Sephardi and Mizrahi Journal, published by JIMENA.
Posted inLocal Voice

How JIMENA is supporting Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews right now

Sarah Levin by Sarah Levin October 13, 2023October 13, 2023

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