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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
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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
a sea of graduates in robes and mortarboards
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Surprise! Jewish students *still* aren’t scared on campus

Sara Weissman by Sara Weissman December 28, 2017July 15, 2024
There's nothing shocking about saying Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. For example: Here's the Israeli parliament, the Knesset — in Jerusalem. (Photo/Wikimedia-Adiel lo CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inOpinion

Trump’s Jerusalem play puts Israel in the catbird seat

Martin Wasserman by Martin Wasserman December 21, 2017December 20, 2017
Zack Bodner (center, back row) and the mitzvah team in Houston.
Posted inOpinion

Hanukkah in Houston, shedding a sweet light in darkness

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner December 18, 2017December 18, 2017
Aryae Coopersmith (right) with Shlomo Carlebach at the House of Love and Prayer in San Francisco
Posted inOpinion

Purge Reb Shlomo? It’s more complicated than that

Aryae Coopersmith by Aryae Coopersmith December 14, 2017December 14, 2017

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