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Front row, left to right: April Baskin, Lacey Schwartz, Yavilah McCoy, Shais Rishon, Courtney Parker. Back row: Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein, Yehudah Webster, Tiffany Harris, Ilana Kaufman. (Photo/Courtesy Ilana Kaufman)
Posted inColumns, Local Voice, Jewish Life, Opinion, Philanthropy

How we’re making the Jewish community safe for Jews of color

Ilana Kaufman by Ilana Kaufman February 16, 2018February 16, 2018
A Reuben at Katz's Deli in New York — a perfect example of very Jewish, but very un-kosher food (Photo/Flickr-BPPrice CC BY 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish food does not begin and end with kashrut

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross February 15, 2018February 16, 2018
California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White (Photo/Courtesy CSU)
Posted inOpinion

An open letter to California State University Chancellor Timothy White

Marc DollingerFred Astren by Marc Dollinger and Fred Astren February 12, 2018February 13, 2018
Marianne Glaser (standing at right in blue tallit) at a pro-DACA protest at the nation's capitol in January
Posted inOpinion

The connection between my dad’s tallit and the Dreamers

Marianne Glaser by Marianne Glaser February 11, 2018February 12, 2018
Birgit Sacher, member of Santa Rosa's Congregation Shomrei Torah, comforts Nicholas and Zoe Miller who lost their home to wildfires, Oct. 11, 2017. (Photo/Norm Levin)
Posted inOpinion

How I spent my three-day weekend: in the fire zone

Ocean Noah by Ocean Noah February 9, 2018February 13, 2018
Controversy-generating former Alabama senatorial candidate Roy Moore watches as his wife, Kayla Moore, speaks at a campaign event in Midland City, Alabama, Dec. 11, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inColumns

Why do so many unethical politicians get a free pass?

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn January 29, 2018January 29, 2018
Shaun Kozolchyk with her husband and daughters, ages 9 and 14, at the Oakland Women’s March
Posted inOpinion

Oakland Women’s March for all? Not if you’re pro-Israel

Shaun Kozolchyk by Shaun Kozolchyk January 26, 2018January 29, 2018
Climate change is already affecting California, with fire season getting longer and more destructive, as seen in this photo of
the Fort Sage Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, which was closed temporarily in July 2017 due to fires.
 (Photo/Courtesy Bureau of Land Management)
Posted inOpinion

Why Jews need to save the planet our children will inherit

Rabbi Rebekah Stern by Rabbi Rebekah Stern January 23, 2018January 22, 2018
stacks of kippot in all sizes and colors at a market in Israel
Posted inOpinion

Wearing a kippah in the year of Trump

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 17, 2018January 17, 2018
Aaronsohnia is a genus in the family Asteraceae, named in 1927 after the UC Berkeley-connected Israeli agronomist Aaron Aaronsohn (Photo/Wikimedia-Abdulrahman Alsirhan)
Posted inOpinion

Berkeley’s roots and branches are deep and wide in Israel

Kenneth A. Bamberger by Kenneth A. Bamberger January 9, 2018January 12, 2018

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