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Linda Bernstein's mother prepares for seder
Posted inFirst Person

Matzah memories with my mother

Linda Bernstein by Linda Bernstein April 20, 2022
The war in Ukraine was on the mind of Monique Joseph as she celebrated her 98th birthday.
Posted inUncategorized

As a Holocaust survivor, I feel angst over what’s going on in Ukraine 

Monique Joseph celebrating her 98th birthday in Berkeley, April 14, 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Nadine Joseph) by Monique Joseph April 18, 2022May 11, 2022
A 19th-century Ukrainian art print of a family seder
Posted inFirst Person

The power of Passover, and of grandparents

by Sue Fishkoff April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
Julia White
Posted inYouth Voice

For questions about identity, I’ve written my own haggadah

Julia White by Julia White April 13, 2022
Rabbi Camille Shira Angel at University of San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inUncategorized

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)
Posted inLocal Voice

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
Posted inLocal Voice

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)
Posted inLocal Voice

Our recent mission to Poland is a Passover story and call to action

Joy Sisisky
(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)
Posted inLocal Voice

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)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why we’ve started putting an acorn on our seder plates 

Rabbi Dev Noily by Rabbi Dev Noily April 5, 2022April 5, 2022

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