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Rabbi Camille Shira Angel at University of San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Say Gay! Say Lesbian! If It’s Safe for You, Come Out and Feel Proud!

by Rabbi Camille Shira Angel April 12, 2022April 14, 2022
Activists with the Jewish climate change group Dayenu at a New York City event in April 2021. (Photo/JTA-Gili Getz)
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This Passover we’re targeting BlackRock’s ‘schmutzy’ climate record in S.F.

Gaby Cohen by Gaby Cohen April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
A recent picture of Chesa Boudin, a smiling white man in a suit, superimposed over a picture of him as a young boy reading
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Chesa Boudin: How Passover themes I learned as a child guide me as San Francisco DA today 

Chesa Boudin by Chesa Boudin April 8, 2022April 8, 2022
Ukrainian refugees arrive at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland. (Photo/Eyal Warsavsky for Jewish Federations of North America)
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Our recent mission to Poland is a Passover story and call to action

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins)Arthur Slepian by Joy Sisisky and Arthur Slepian April 7, 2022April 11, 2022
Matzah travels on the production line of the Tiferet HaMatzot factory in Dnipro, Ukraine, Dec. 8, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
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This year, matzah symbolizes Ukrainian courage and resistance

Rabbi Gedalia Potash by Rabbi Gedalia Potash April 6, 2022
An acorn on the seder plate brings the struggle of the indigenous peoples of Northern California into the Passover story. (Photo/piqsels.com)
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Why we’ve started putting an acorn on our seder plates 

Rabbi Dev Noily by Rabbi Dev Noily April 5, 2022April 5, 2022
J. culture editor Andrew Esensten with his mother, Prof. Sandra Haynes-Esensten, at the Great Pyramid of Giza earlier this month. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
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On vacation in Egypt, I found hope for peace in Israel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 31, 2022March 31, 2022
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Why my L.A. synagogue is building a 55-unit housing development for unhoused seniors

Brooke Wirtschafter by Brooke Wirtschafter and JTA March 25, 2022March 28, 2022
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)
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How do you know if it’s antisemitism? At JCRC, we’ve taken a deep dive

Karen Schiller by Karen Schiller March 23, 2022March 24, 2022
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A trip down memory lane in my Hebrew school carpool

Larry Sokoloff by Larry Sokoloff March 22, 2022

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