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Screenshot of Sheikh Ammar Shahin's July 21 sermon at the Islamic Center of Davis, taken from the center's YouTube account.
Posted inOpinion

Are we prepared to stop radical Islam at home?

Martin Wasserman by Martin Wasserman August 10, 2017August 10, 2017
University of San Francisco (Photo/Flickr-Eric Chan CC BY 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

We can’t let S.F.’s only ulpan disappear

Maliha A. Khan by Maliha A. Khan August 8, 2017August 11, 2017
Apartment housing in the Ma'ale Adumim settlement (Photo/Wikimedia-Gilabrand CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

A unilateral solution to the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate

Jonathan P. Roth by Jonathan P. Roth August 4, 2017August 7, 2017
Some 20,000 visitors attended the closing event of the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland, July 1, 2017. (Photo/Sue Barnett)
Posted inLocal Voice

Trip to Poland unexpectedly sparked pride in my Jewish identity

Mark Reisbaum by Mark Reisbaum August 2, 2017August 7, 2017
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

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