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Kontractova square, Kyiv, Ukraine July 13, 2019. (Photo/Maksym Kozlenko via Wikicommons)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why I’m in mourning for hope and democracy in Ukraine

Rebecca Golbert by Rebecca Golbert February 24, 2022
Sue Barnett in Rosh Hanikra, northern Israel, on her confirmation trip in 1975.
Posted inFirst Person

A search for myself in our newly digitized archives kicks up the Jewish dust

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett February 17, 2022April 19, 2026
A protest on behalf of Soviet Jewry in front of the Soviet consulate in San Francisco captured in the Jewish Bulletin.
Posted inOpinion

J.’s digitized archives are a window into the unique ethos of Bay Area Jews

headshot of Fred Rosenbaum by Fred Rosenbaum February 16, 2022February 16, 2022
A sign and posts marking the white and "all races" areas of a beach in South Africa in 1982. (Photo/United Nations)
Posted inOpinion

As a South African Jew, I know Amnesty’s ‘apartheid’ label for Israel is absurd

Mervyn Danker by Mervyn Danker February 9, 2022February 15, 2022
Once upon a time at Congregation Beth Sholom. (Screenshot/bethsholomsf.org)
Posted inFirst Person

A synagogue choir is not to be applauded … or is it?

Stephen Saxon by Stephen Saxon February 8, 2022February 15, 2022
A view of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 17, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Emil Lippe-Getty Images)
Posted inYouth Voice

A Bay Area teen reflects in wake of Colleyville hostage crisis 

Samantha Solomon by Samantha Solomon February 7, 2022February 8, 2022
Michael Pappas, executive director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council, addresses the Colleyville hostage crisis in a speech delivered from the bimah at Congregation Emanu-El on Jan. 21, 2022. (Screenshot)
Posted inUncategorized

Interfaith leader: Why I stand with Colleyville’s Jews

by Michael Pappas February 3, 2022February 4, 2022
SWAT team members deploy near Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 15, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Andy Jacobsohn-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

After Colleyville, how do we vaccinate against hate? Keep building bridges.

Gordon Lewin by Gordon Lewin January 26, 2022
A sign of solidarity was placed in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.(Photo/Forward-Haya Panjwani)
Posted inLocal Voice

I let an unhoused man into my synagogue before Colleyville. How will we respond next time?

Rabbi Joshua Ladon by Rabbi Joshua Ladon and JTA January 21, 2022January 24, 2022
"Jews are not a religion. We are not a race. We are a people with a joint history and, therefore, a common, shared destiny," writes Naya Lekht.
Posted inLocal Voice

In bid for acceptance, touting Jews of color is a divisive strategy

Naya Lekht by Naya Lekht January 20, 2022

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