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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
An architectural rendering of IKAR's planned synagogue building and affordable housing (the taller structure at right) in West L.A. (Illustration/Bestor Architecture-Courtesy IKAR)
Posted inLocal Voice

My synagogue is building affordable housing — and yours can, too

Brooke Wirtschafter by Brooke Wirtschafter September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, who is celebrating 50 years in the rabbinate this month, speaks at the Interfaith Challenge to Protest Curfew in New York in 2015. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Gottlieb)
Posted inOpinion

After 50 years, pioneering female rabbi is still practicing peace — and protesting

Robin Washington by Robin Washington September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
Groundbreaking on the current home of Congregation B'nai Israel in Sacramento, which was dedicated in 1954. (Photo/File)
Posted inUncategorized

Here’s to the next 175 years of Jewish life in California

Rabbi Mendy Cohen by Rabbi Mendy Cohen September 22, 2023September 26, 2023
David Gajer (left) and Eva Orbuch (second from right) about to depart a supermarket with their Moroccan friends in a van laden with earthquake aid supplies. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inOpinion

We were visiting Morocco when the earthquake hit. Here’s what we saw and how you can help.

by Eva Orbuch and David Gajer September 20, 2023September 21, 2023
Posted inLocal Voice

Autonomous vehicles are bad for humanity — on Shabbat or any other day

by Miriam Menzel September 19, 2023
Agricultural worker Orfil Serrano waters the flowers at the Half Moon Bay Nursery. (Photo/Bryan Patrick-Courtesy ALAS)
Posted inLocal Voice

California’s farmworkers feed us. This Sukkot, let’s return the favor.

Jamie Beckett by Jamie Beckett September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

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