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Kids enjoying a snack at Edah, a Bay Area Jewish after-school program
Posted inOpinion

Overcoming my Jewish imposter syndrome at my kids’ after-school program

Margot Schmorak by Margot Schmorak June 11, 2019June 11, 2019
(From left) Andrea Trippen, Marlene Straus and Jacob Trippen in front of the Jewish preschool, Jewish senior housing and JCC in Cologne, Germany
Posted inUncategorized

Reunited at last — meeting the German family that saved mine

Rabbi Andrew Straus by Rabbi Andrew Straus June 10, 2019June 10, 2019
Laura Ishai with Natan Sharansky at a program for Russian-speaking immigrants to Israel
Posted inOpinion

I’m a longtime progressive and (still) a dyed-in-the-wool Zionist

by Laura Ishai June 4, 2019June 4, 2019
The East Bay and S.F.-based Jewish federations were founded when the Bay Area was a less connected place. But things started change long ago, with the construction of the Bay Bridge, seen here taking shape in 1935.
Posted inOpinion

Why we’re working together for a stronger Jewish Bay Area

Danny GrossmanLisa TabakRabbi Andrew Kastner by Danny Grossman, Lisa Tabak and Rabbi Andrew Kastner June 3, 2019May 31, 2019
Israelis soldiers marvel at the Old City of Jerusalem as Israel takes control of it in 1967.
Posted inYom Yerushalayim

On Jerusalem Day, we celebrate the city at very heart of Judaism

Shlomi Kofman by Shlomi Kofman June 1, 2019June 3, 2019
Chalk writing at San Francisco State University, Feb. 23, 2018. (Photo/Courtesy SF Hillel)
Posted inLocal Voice

I’m proud to have been a plaintiff in anti-Semitism lawsuit against SFSU

Charles Volk by Charles Volk May 29, 2019May 29, 2019
Dana Sheanin is the chief learning officer at S.F.-based Jewish LearningWorks. 
Posted inLocal Voice

Time to close the gender gap in Jewish organizations

Dana Sheanin (Photo/Courtesy Jewish LearningWorks) by Dana Sheanin May 15, 2019
President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, attend a Hanukkah reception at the White House, Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Oliver Contreras-Pool-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Why Trump desperately needs a White House Jewish liaison

Aaron Keyak by Aaron Keyak May 13, 2019May 15, 2019
A teenager visiting the Berlin Holocaust Memorial (Photo/Julie Levine)
Posted inYom HaShoah

After years at a Jewish school, moving to a secular school has been a rude awakening

Talia Bodner by Talia Bodner May 10, 2019May 15, 2019
Adah Forer in Israel
Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

My heart was in the East. Now, my body is too.

Adah Forer by Adah Forer May 8, 2019May 8, 2019

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