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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
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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)
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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
a smiling white woman in a purple top looks up from a digital movie camera
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My phone went missing on Rosh Hashanah — and it was awesome 

Samantha Grant (Photo/Sarah Deragon) by Samantha Grant November 8, 2022November 8, 2022
Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park (Photo/Flickr-Patrick G CC)
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So a lake in S.F. is named for an old-timey antisemite. Who cares?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris November 7, 2022November 9, 2022
Dr. Jonathan Esensten and his wife, Raquel Gardner, with their five children at Ramat Gan National Park in Israel, June 2022. (Photo/Esti Appleton Photography)
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Why I left San Francisco to write my family’s story in Israel

Dr. Jonathan Esensten by Jonathan Esensten November 2, 2022November 3, 2022
Anabelle Sebbag (left) and Sophie Berman are freshmen at UC Berkeley.
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We’re Berkeley freshmen and we’re here to save the world from climate change

Anabelle SebbagSophie Berman by Anabelle Sebbag and Sophie Berman October 31, 2022November 1, 2022
Peering into San Leandro's "Little Shul," the oldest standing synagogue building in California. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
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Life expectancy in the U.S. is falling. Can religion help you live longer?

by Dr. Jerry Saliman October 31, 2022October 31, 2022
Paul and Sharry Schwarzbart on Yom Kippur morning, 2022.
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An 89-year-old survivor reflects on his ‘different’ life

by Paul Schwarzbart October 28, 2022

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