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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
the three sit on the ground
Posted inLocal Voice

Telling harsh truths about the occupation is not antisemitic

Rabbi David Cooper (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Rabbi David J. Cooper October 2, 2023October 2, 2023
Teens in bomb shelter at Kibbutz Kfar Blum during the Yom Kippur War, Oct. 1973. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Yoel Kahn)
Posted inFirst Person

I arrived in Israel at age 5 — the day before the Yom Kippur War

Marco Sermonetta by Marco Sermoneta September 28, 2023
James McBride (Photo/Chia Messina)
Posted inBooks

Author James McBride’s anti-Mormon remarks contradict spirit of his new novel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 28, 2023January 9, 2024
Ten-year old Naftali at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland before the Kol Nidrei service. (Photo/Forward-Kyla Kupferstein Torres)
Posted inOpinion

When my son wanted to go to synagogue, I worried…. what if he likes it?

by Kyla Kupferstein Torres September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

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