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several people wearing facemasks sit in chains protesting in front of a gate with a banner that says "FREE THEM ALL"
Posted inOpinion

Don’t disregard the lives of California prisoners during this pandemic

Lynn Berkley-Baskin by Lynn Berkley-Baskin August 5, 2020August 11, 2020
an old man wearing a blue face mask
Posted inLocal Voice

We’re seasoned citizens, not expendable! Don’t count us out.

by Evie Groch July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
a dark-haired woman in glasses smiles, sitting at a desk
Posted inOpinion

Where is the tolerance for conservative views?

Mervyn Danker by Mervyn Danker July 29, 2020
Reading mournful texts in the dark is a Tisha B'Av tradition. (Photo/JTA-Yaakov Lederman-Flash90)
Posted inTisha B'Av

Most Jews don’t know much about Tisha B’Av. That gives us educators a huge opportunity.

Tova Birnbaum by Tova Birnbaum July 28, 2020July 28, 2020
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Posted inLocal Voice

We need an ethnic studies curriculum that respects all minorities

Rivka KeithGrayson PetersIlana Hamer by Rivka Keith, Grayson Peters and Ilana Hamer July 21, 2020July 27, 2020
Writer Ari Bornstein holds up an Israeli flag in Jerusalem.
Posted inLocal Voice

Why I am leaving the Bay Area and enlisting in the IDF

Ari Bornstein by Ari Bornstein July 21, 2020June 4, 2021
Kyle Rapps
Posted inJewish Life

‘All you gotta do is listen’: Connecting at a Black-Jewish Shabbat marathon

Photo of Adam Swig by Adam Swig July 20, 2020July 22, 2020
President Andrzej Duda of Poland speaks to the media in front of remains of the Berlin Wall, Nov. 9, 2019. (Photo/JTA-John Macdougall-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Trump’s stamp of approval helped re-elect Poland’s bigoted president

headshot of Fred Rosenbaum by Fred Rosenbaum July 17, 2020
The statue of Catholic missionary Junipero Serra in Golden Gate Park was torn down by protesters in June, 2020. (Photo/Wikimedia-Daderot CC0)
Posted inLocal Voice

Don’t tear down statues of offensive figures, paint them red 

Rosalind Franklin by Rosalind Franklin July 2, 2020
a painting of Joseph standing before Pharaoh and his courtiers
Posted inTorah

Lessons from a Biblical leader who confronted climate change

Adam Cole by Adam Cole July 1, 2020July 1, 2020

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