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David Waksberg at a Simchat Torah rally for Soviet Jews in front of the San Francisco Soviet consulate in 1984 with son Raphael Bob-Waksberg on his chest. (Photo/Courtesy Waksberg)
Posted inLocal Voice

1980s Soviet Jewry activist turns his eyes toward a battle for today: Black Lives Matter

by David Waksberg June 12, 2020June 12, 2020
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Posted inReligion

40 days and 40 nights: What the Bible can teach us about quarantine

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein June 10, 2020
The author (left) age 9, with her mother and siblings in Oakland. (Photo/Courtesy Larks)
Posted inFirst Person

Black Jews are grieving, and we need you to help us mourn

Shekhiynah Larks by Shekhiynah Larks June 9, 2020
Virtual memorial plaques are projected on the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau for Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Marcin Kozlowski-March of the Living)
Posted inEducation

Hurray for Congress’ vitally needed ‘Never Again Act’

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil June 8, 2020June 8, 2020
Protesters march in New York in response to the death of George Floyd. (Photo/JTA-John Lamparski-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Turning a blind eye to racism allows it to continue

Rabbi Allan Berkowitz by Rabbi Allan Berkowitz June 5, 2020June 10, 2020
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Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

On our JCRC agenda: Strengthening democratic systems, making marginalized communities safer

Tyler Gregory by Tye Gregory June 1, 2020June 1, 2020
Campers at Camp Be’chol Lashon, a summer camp for young Jews of color. (Courtesy Be'chol Lashon)
Posted inUncategorized

When you treat us as a mere statistic, you fail Jews of color like me

Marcella White Campbell by Marcella White Campbell May 28, 2020May 28, 2020
(Photo/Flickr-Robert Couse-Baker CC BY 2.0)
Posted inEducation

Why Jews should support the state’s high school ethnic studies curriculum

Rabbi Dev NoilyHazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman by Rabbi Dev Noily and Hazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Urban Adamah's "Party in the Sukkah: Adults Only" event in 2015. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inReligion

Mainstream Judaism needs to wake up

Yoav Schlesinger by Yoav Schlesinger May 25, 2020May 26, 2020
Local activists and leaders met in July 2018 in Berkeley to strategize about the new Jews of Color Field Building Initiative.
Posted inLocal Voice

Counting Jews of color: Are we asking the right questions?

Ari Kelman (Photo/Courtesy) by Ari Y. Kelman May 21, 2020

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