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Dresden after the bombings in 1945. (Photo/Bundesarchiv CC BY-SA 3.0 de)
Posted inOpinion

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)
Posted inLocal Voice

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)
Posted inLocal Voice

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
The Richmond city council heard from the public for over five hours on Oct. 24. (Screenshot)
Posted inLocal Voice

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)
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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

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