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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)
Posted inOpinion

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
Pro-Palestinian protesters and pro-Israel counter-demonstrators square off outside of the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco, Oct. 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Tayfun Coskun-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inBay Area

S.F. high school student: I feel alone in my fears about Israel

Hannah Coleman by Hannah Coleman October 12, 2023October 13, 2023
Offir Gutelzon, co-founder of the Israeli expat protest group UnXeptable, hugs Marco Sermoneta, Israel's S.F.-based consul general, at an Oct. 8 gathering at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco in support of Israel, which was infiltrated and attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inLocal Voice

We’ve been fighting for democracy; now we’re fighting for Israel’s very life

Offir Gutelzon by Offir Gutelzon October 11, 2023October 11, 2023
Carolyn Mulcahy, preschool director at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, and a child try out an outdoor activity at the new preschool, Feb. 2023. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inEducation

Improving Jewish preschools starts with paying our teachers more

by Denise Moyes Schnur October 6, 2023
Prime Minister Golda Meir (right) and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan (center) in 1973. (Photo/Ron Frenkel-Government Press Office)
Posted inLocal Voice

50 years later, one thing is clear: Golda Meir was a bad prime minister

Eran Kaplan by Eran Kaplan October 5, 2023October 5, 2023
Secular and religious activists argue after the Orthodox group Rosh Yehudi set up a gender divider during a public prayer on Dizengoff Square for Yom Kippur, Sept. 24, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash 90)
Posted inLocal Voice

Street fights over prayer offer liberal Israelis a chance to define a Judaism they can believe in

Masua Sagiv by Masua Sagiv October 4, 2023October 4, 2023
El Cerrito Mayor Pro Tem Tessa Rudnick (second from left) and the rest of the El Cerrito City Council hold up signs reading "El Cerrito stands united against hate." (Photo/Courtesy Rudnick)
Posted inLocal Voice

Stopping hate speech at local government meetings isn’t easy, but we aren’t helpless

by Tessa Rudnick October 3, 2023October 3, 2023

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