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Sen. Robert F. Kennedy addresses a throng of supporters in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles early in the morning of June 5, 1968,  moments before his assassination. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Dick Strobel)
Posted inOpinion

Sirhan Sirhan doesn’t deserve parole

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS August 30, 2021
Rabbi Samantha Kahn officiates an interfaith wedding in the Bay Area. (Photo/Courtesy of 18Doors)
Posted inOpinion

Who is included in the ‘us’ of our prayers? 

Edmund Case by Edmund Case August 26, 2021August 27, 2021
Thousands of Afghans rushed to Kabul's airport trying to flee the country as the Taliban seized power. (Photo/RNS-Wakil Kohsar-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Haiti to Afghanistan to right here. Is there an antidote for all this hopelessness?

George Altshuler by George Altshuler August 23, 2021
Members of the Los Angeles teachers' union celebrate the end of a strike, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/Wikimedia-Mike Chickey)
Posted inLetters

L.A. teacher’s union is misguided; Expose anti-Israel professors; People are too stupid to use Facebook; etc.

by J. Readers August 20, 2021August 19, 2021
Campers at Camp Be’chol Lashon, a summer camp for young Jews of color. (Courtesy Be'chol Lashon)
Posted inOpinion

Work remains to build a more inclusive Jewish community

by J. Editorial Board August 19, 2021
Children in Afghanistan attend class outdoors. (Photo/Guy Lawson-USAID)
Posted inUncategorized

Reporting from Afghanistan, I learned just how little we Americans knew

Larry Cohler-Esses by Larry Cohler-Esses and Forward August 19, 2021
A fire in Napa County as seen from Middletown in Lake County, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/Jade May)
Posted inReligion

Rabbis are supposed to offer hope on the High Holidays. What if I can’t?

Rabbi Rachel Barenblat by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and JTA August 18, 2021
A selection of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Israel. (Photo/JTA-Linda Gradstein)
Posted inLocal Voice

Ben & Jerry’s is boycotting settlements, not Israel 

Eva Seligman-Kennard by Eva Seligman-Kennard August 17, 2021
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews' daily vigil in front of the Soviet Consulate, Nov. 24, 1986 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inUncategorized

50 years ago, we worked to free Soviet Jews. Those lessons still apply today.

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
American and Israeli flags during routine joint military exercises in 2009. (Photo/Flickr-Israel Defense Forces CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

Helping to turn teens into advocates for Israel

Ben Cohen by Ben Cohen August 13, 2021August 16, 2021

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