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Hundreds of observers pack the quad at San Francisco State University for an open negotiation session between pro-Palestinian protesters and university administrators, May 6, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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California Faculty Association got it wrong on antisemitism

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Messages like this one — “a good soldier/zionist/settler is a DEAD ONE,” painted on a sidewalk at UC Davis in 2024 — are detrimental to Jews’ mental health, says UC Davis professor Leah Hibel. (Mily Ron)
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We need a national public health response to antisemitism

Leah Hibel (Courtesy) by Leah Hibel November 12, 2025November 12, 2025
Daniel Shapiro (right) visits a Haredi school in Me'ah She'arim in 2012, when Shapiro was U.S. ambassador to Israel. (State Department)
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Haredi schools in Israel are at a historic crossroads

Rabbi Menachem Bombach is the founder of the Netzach Educational Network and a pioneer of Haredi integration in Israel. (Courtesy) by Rabbi Menachem Bombach November 6, 2025November 6, 2025
Israeli and US flags in the wind
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As left and right close in, American Jews must stand up for Israel

Benjamin Kerstein (Courtesy) by Benjamin Kerstein November 5, 2025November 5, 2025
Palestinians walk through rubble following an Israeli airstrike on the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City in northern Gaza on Oct. 9, 2023. (Wafa-APAimages via Wikimedia Commons)
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My vision for Gazan orphans needs Jewish help

Dr. David Hasan (Courtesy) by Dr. David Hasan November 4, 2025November 4, 2025
Future building for the JFCS Holocaust Center.
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Teach Jewish history in California classrooms, and you change the world

Anita Friedman (Courtesy  JFCS) by Anita Friedman October 29, 2025October 29, 2025
Dorothy Saxe celebrated her 99th birthday on Feb. 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
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Why my 99-year-old mother-in-law still doesn’t feel old

by Dr. Jerry Saliman October 24, 2025October 29, 2025
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An AI chatbot will never know you like your rabbi does

Danielle Sobkin (Courtesy) by Danielle Sobkin October 22, 2025December 8, 2025
Green-brown standing brick with tzedakah in Hebrew letters
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‘My favorite mitzvah’: Our readers reflect on the meaning of tzedakah

by J. Staff October 20, 2025October 21, 2025
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It’s time for courageous sermons. What to do about viral hate.

by J. Readers October 17, 2025October 17, 2025

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