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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
In the aftermath of the Six-Day War, a huge crowd streamed toward the Western Wall. (Courtesy/Linda Kurtz)
Posted inYom HaZikaron

The journey from Passover to Israel Independence Day

Shlomi Kofman by Shlomi Kofman May 7, 2019May 7, 2019
(Photo/Pxhere)
Posted inFirst Person

Judaism saved me from myself during my manic episode

Juliette Hirt by Juliette Hirt May 6, 2019
two black patches with gold wording — one patch in english, one patch in yiddish
Posted inLocal Voice

We will outlive them. But how?

Donald C. Cutler by Donald C. Cutler May 1, 2019May 15, 2019
Carole Priven's tattoo is a copy of the one that was forced on her late husband at Auschwitz.
Posted inYom HaShoah

Your tattoo was forced on you at Auschwitz. Mine honors your memory.

Carole Priven by Carole Priven April 30, 2019May 2, 2019
a young man in a white shirt and blue tie speaks into a microphone in front of a moderate crowd
Posted inLocal Voice

Unlearning my Christian stereotypes about Pharisees

Addie Liechty by Addie Liechty April 26, 2019
A woman in blue scrubs (Sandberg) stands next to another woman in blue scrubs wearing a stethoscope. they are standing outside of a small building labeled "pediatric ward." a local woman with a baby is walking into the building.
Posted inFirst Person

Lessons from practicing medicine in a refugee camp

Michelle Sandberg by Michelle Sandberg April 24, 2019April 24, 2019

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