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Director Susan Stern and her daughter Nora playing with Barbies around the time "Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour" came out 25 years ago. (Photo/Courtesy Stern)
Posted inLocal Voice

When I made a Barbie movie 25 years ago, I didn’t realize she (and I) were in a closet

Susan Stern by Susan Stern July 21, 2023July 21, 2023
Rabbi Mona Alfi and Cantor Julie Steinberg saying the blessing over bread at a Shabbat dinner their synagogue hosted for members and migrants sent to Sacramento by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Photo/Courtesy B'nai Israel)
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Sacramento Jews are ‘the helpers’; You’re never too old for Zumba; Etc.

by J. Readers July 18, 2023July 18, 2023
A common globe thistle blooms near barbed wire at Gamla, in northern Israel. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inLocal Voice

Israel’s contradictions are more obvious than ever — and that’s OK

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner July 14, 2023July 18, 2023
Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert, "Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianites," 1650 (Wikimedia Commons)
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The Torah cannot justify revenge attacks in the West Bank

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 13, 2023July 14, 2023
The author, Paul Bendix (right), with fellow disabled passenger Brian Clark aboard the Queen Mary 2. (Photo/Richard Bendix)
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Judy Heumann changed the lives of disabled people like me — on land and even at sea

Paul Bendix (Photo/Courtesy) by Paul Bendix July 12, 2023July 12, 2023
Adnan Jaber and Israeli politician Tsipi Livni at an event in Israel, June 19, 2023.
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Tech put this Palestinian activist on a path to build peace

by Sue Fishkoff July 7, 2023July 14, 2023
Thousands of New Yorkers of all backgrounds convened at the "No Hate, No Fear" march against antisemitism in January 2020. (Photo/JTA-Erik McGregor-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Here’s why I prefer to call ‘antisemitism’ what is: Jew hate

Rabbi Cynthia Minster by Rabbi Cynthia Minster July 6, 2023July 6, 2023
The consulate handed out condoms at San Francisco Pride that read, "Israel: Always safe to come." (Photo/Twitter @MatanZamir)
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Celebrating S.F. Pride as an Israeli official: Hate is loud, but love prevails

by Matan Zamir July 3, 2023July 3, 2023
Walnut Creek Councilmember Kevin Wilk during a Walnut Creek City Council meeting in June. (Screenshot)
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How antisemites are using a Covid accommodation to disrupt local government meetings

Kevin Wilk by Kevin Wilk June 30, 2023July 3, 2023
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How my community is trying to fix a broken b’mitzvah system

Zvika Krieger by Zvika Krieger June 22, 2023June 23, 2023

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