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Trans Day of Visibility: Legal protections for trans people are long overdue

Rabbi Eliana Kayelle by Rabbi Eliana Kayelle March 27, 2023
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Housing the unhoused: If not now, when? And if not in your neighborhood, where?

R. Elysa Gurman by R. Elysa Gurman March 17, 2023March 17, 2023
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Israel is headed for a revolution — but whose?

David Biale by David Biale March 14, 2023March 14, 2023
Rabbi Amanda Russell reads from Congregation Beth Sholom's newly commissioned Megillah. (Photo/Courtesy Beth Sholom)
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Why my synagogue commissioned a groundbreaking new Megillah

Rabbi Amanda Russell by Rabbi Amanda Russell March 6, 2023March 6, 2023
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Why we at Sha’ar Zahav support reparations for slavery

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Seven movies about Black-Jewish relations to watch instead of ‘You People’

Rebecca PierceLexi Leban by Rebecca Pierce and Lexi Leban February 20, 2023February 22, 2023
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A lifetime of anti-Jewish propaganda — from Stalinist Russia to Kanye West

Luda Shuster by Luda Shuster February 7, 2023February 7, 2023
The Schneerson Center, a synagogue serving mainly Russian-speaking Jews in San Francisco, was the site of an incident in which a man fired several blanks from a gun. (Photo/Google Maps)
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Why we took the shooting video down

Sue Barnett 2025Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Sue Barnett and Jo Ellen Green Kaiser February 3, 2023February 3, 2023
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Trees, humans, and the City of San Francisco: A Tu B’Shevat warning

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