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The Neve Menachem settlement in the West Bank. (Photo/JTA-Gili Yaari-Flash 90)
Posted inOpinion

I’ve got a Mideast peace plan that will work

Stephen Jacobs by Steve Jacobs March 9, 2020March 9, 2020
Five-year-old Greta Salmi as Queen Esther.
Posted inPurim

An eye-opening moment for a 5-year-old Queen Esther (me)

Greta Salmi by Greta Salmi March 3, 2020March 2, 2020
The cover of 1933's bilingual Yiddish-English cookbook “Crisco Recipes for the Jewish Housewife.”
Posted inHistory

Crisco and Jews: A story 4,000 years in the making

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross March 2, 2020March 2, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced this month that he will not appear at the 2020 AIPAC conference. (Getty Images/JTA Montage)
Posted inOpinion

AIPAC capitulated to the right long ago — it’s no surprise Bernie is skipping it

David Schraub by David Schraub February 27, 2020February 27, 2020
Dec. 2018 reopening of the remodeled UC Berkeley Hillel building. (Photo/file)
Posted inUncategorized

Despite Israel tension, a strong support system for Jews at UC Berkeley

Karen Stiller by Karen Stiller February 19, 2020February 19, 2020
U.S.-Mexico border at Nogales. (Rokeya Akhter)
Posted inLocal Voice

What kind of country does this?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 18, 2020February 18, 2020
From "Abraham Sees Sodom in Flames" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inYouth Voice

Was Abraham autistic?

Meyer Lewis by Meyer Lewis February 12, 2020
President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near the Oval Office of the White House, Jan 27, 2020. (JTA/Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Why Americans should support the Trump-Kushner peace plan

Quentin KoppCarol Ruth Silver by Quentin Kopp and Carol Ruth Silver February 5, 2020
Max Hauser in Israel.
Posted inCulture

Chasing show business from California to Israel, via Tel Aviv’s LGBT film fest

Max Hauser by Max Hauser January 30, 2020
four women and one man toil in a field of dirt
Posted inLocal Voice

I cried tears of relief when Reform Jews embraced slavery reparations

Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller by Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller January 29, 2020

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