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A protest outside the offices of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after he passed an executive order calling for New York companies to divest from organizations that support the BDS movement, June 9, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Erik McGregor-Pacific Press-LightRocket-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The U.S. anti-BDS bill is bad — but not as bad you’ve been told

David Schraub by David Schraub July 26, 2017July 25, 2017
a tattered american flag is seen waving through barbed wire in the foreground
Posted inOpinion

California’s bail system hurts the poor and tramples Jewish values

Benjamin CohnJennie Kogan by Benjamin Cohn and Jennie Kogan July 25, 2017July 25, 2017
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Reinventing the wheel: How Jewish Federations can remain useful

Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher by Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher July 23, 2017January 22, 2018
A Jewish tombstone built into the side of a building in Thessaloniki, Greece (Photo/Zack Bodner)
Posted inFirst Person, Local Voice, Opinion

Repurposed or repugnant? Old Jewish tombstones find new life in Greek city

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner July 6, 2017July 6, 2017
Mae Rockland Tupa’s "Hanukkah Lamp," 1974
Posted inLocal Voice, History, Opinion

Is the Statue of Liberty a Jewish woman?

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross July 3, 2017July 3, 2019
people in costume sitting around a table eating
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Our federation is on a quest to develop more access points to Jewish life

Wendy Verba by Wendy Verba June 28, 2017June 28, 2017
a group of people walk down a street of stone buildigns with metal awnings
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

No time for vacation when you’re working to end Israeli occupation

Laura Saunders by Laura Saunders June 27, 2017June 27, 2017
One of the posters shows Hamas as puppet master for left-wing groups. the other poster shows Rasmea Odeh and says "Murderer: Hero to SJP and JVP"
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Despite claims, it’s Arab students under attack at SFSU

David Spero by David Spero June 23, 2017
they hold up banners that say "Occupation and militarism do not belong in a synagogue" and "bret stephens' values: pro-occupation, anti-Islam — are not our jewish values"
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Among US Jews, as in post-apartheid South Africa, let free speech ring

Desmond Tuck by Desmond Tuck June 14, 2017June 13, 2017
her father smiles while her mother holds up baby rose
Posted inFirst Person, Local Voice, Youth Voice, Opinion

Where do I, an immigrant in an American Jewish family, truly belong?

Rose Teplitz by Rose Teplitz June 13, 2017June 13, 2017

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