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Officers taking a group of Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Texas, June 12, 2018. (Photo/JTA-John Moore-Getty Images)
Posted inHistory

What will we tell the descendants of children detained by our government?

Donald C. Cutler by Donald C. Cutler July 2, 2019July 2, 2019
Immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol seen at the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, June 17, 2018. (Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Posted inLocal Voice

A historian’s perspective: Concentration camps in America?

David Biale by David Biale July 1, 2019July 1, 2019
Students praying at the Jewish Herzlia school in Cape Town in the 1960s (Photo/Courtesy South African Jewish Museum)
Posted inFirst Person

Reinvigorating my Jewish soul in Cape Town

Mervyn Danker by Mervyn Danker June 24, 2019
people in costume sitting around a table eating
Posted inPhilanthropy

Transitioning from an organization doing Jewish work to a Jewish organization

by David Cygielman June 14, 2019
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

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