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Lear Issa (left) and Shira Yosef in an episode of "Madrasa," an new Israeli TV show from writer Sayed Kashua.
Posted inTV & Film

Looking for hope in Israel? You might find it on kids’ TV

Adam Eilath by Adam Eilath January 17, 2023July 11, 2023
Person holds "Stop the Hate" sign
Posted inUncategorized

Israel’s consul general: California should join other states in adopting IHRA definition of antisemitism

Marco Sermonetta by Marco Sermoneta January 11, 2023January 11, 2023
Alix Wall (front) with (from left), mother Sarah, grandfather Abraham and grandmother Rachela in Riverside in the late 1970s.
Posted inFirst Person

Lullaby written for my mother in the ghetto will be in the spotlight at Carnegie Hall

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 19, 2022December 20, 2022
black and white photo of two shabbat candles burning
Posted inOpinion

What I learned about Shabbat: Keep it, or else!

by Jenni Olson December 13, 2022December 14, 2022
In this session at the Z3 conference in Palo Alto, Nov. 10, 2019, Stanford Hillel students led round table conversations asking participants how they would have handled real-life campus situations. (Photo/Courtesy Z3)
Posted inUncategorized

At this year’s Z3 Conference, we’re reclaiming the Jewish identity conversation

Rabbi Amitai Fraiman by Rabbi Amitai Fraiman December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
Preparing for a Yemenite Jewish wedding in the Bay Area. (Photo/File photo-JIMENA-Punam Bean)
Posted inLocal Voice

Using Sephardic sources to create a perfect moment of Jewish learning

Tamar Zaken by Tamar Zaken November 30, 2022December 6, 2022
Walnut Creek City Council Member Kevin Wilk speaking to high school students. (Photo/Courtesy Wilk)
Posted inFirst Person

How local elected officials like me can fight rising antisemitism

Kevin Wilk by Kevin Wilk November 28, 2022
stock image of streaks of purple light through a smoky, club-like room
Posted inOpinion

For rabbi touched by Las Vegas shooting, Colorado club shooting raises the same old questions

Rabbi Jamie Hyams by Rabbi Jamie Hyams November 22, 2022November 22, 2022
Two campers at Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto in 2021. (Photo/File)
Posted inOpinion

To sustain our JCCs for years to come, vote with your feet

Rachel Schonwetter by Rachel Schonwetter November 16, 2022November 16, 2022
Tosha Stimage's "No on is listening to us" on display at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Photo/Impart Photography-Courtesy Contemporary Jewish Museum)
Posted inCulture

Palestinian flags in a Jewish museum? Try ‘listening’ to what the artist is saying.

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 11, 2022January 3, 2023

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