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a Ben & Jerry's sign on the exterior of a building, close up
Posted inOpinion

Ben & Jerry’s meltdown exposes rift between American and Israeli Jews regarding settlements

Abe Silberstein by Abe Silberstein and Forward July 26, 2021
Julia Haart (center) is the focus of the Netflix reality series "My Unorthodox Life."
Posted inFirst Person

‘My Unorthodox Life’: Uninteresting and superficial

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS July 23, 2021
Ben & Jerry's co-founders Jerry Greenfield (left) and Ben Cohen serve ice cream following a press conference announcing a new flavor in Washington, D.C., Sept. 3, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Win McNamee-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Illegal stand on BDS; Freeze out Ben & Jerry’s; Critical race theory is futile; etc.

by J. Readers July 22, 2021July 22, 2021
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival co-directors Deborah Kaufman and Janis Plotkin in 1991 on the balcony of the Castro Theatre. (Photo/File)
Posted inCulture

Why S.F. is home to the world’s oldest, longest-running Jewish film fest

Peter L. Stein by Peter L. Stein July 22, 2021July 4, 2022
A selection of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Israel. (Photo/JTA-Linda Gradstein)
Posted inOpinion

Ben & Jerry’s should have thought harder before starting their new ‘cold’ war

by J. Editorial Board July 21, 2021July 21, 2021
Camp Swig counselors and CITs, summer 1975. (Photo/Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff).
Posted inLocal Voice

The lasting impact of a 1975 Camp Swig visit to San Quentin prison

Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff by Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff July 21, 2021
The Litchfield Judicial District Courthouse in Litchfield, Connecticut. (Photo/RNS-AP-Dave Collins)
Posted inOpinion

How a little-known federal land use law could help combat antisemitism in America

Noel Sterett by Noel Sterett and RNS July 20, 2021
A rose is placed on the Berlin Holocaust Memorial on International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Maja Hitij-Getty Images)
Posted inYouth Voice

Age 16, never heard of the Holocaust? Our nation has a problem.

Madeleine Rose by Madeleine Rose July 15, 2021July 15, 2021
Teachers, students and school board members in the Milwaukee area hold a news conference opposing new bills seeking to bar schools from teaching ideas linked to critical race theory, June 12, 2021. (Photo/Flickr-Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association)
Posted inOpinion

Banning critical race theory will gut the teaching of Jewish history

Henry Abramson by Henry Abramson and JTA July 14, 2021
Redwood High School in Larkspur. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inLetters

Saving Lerhaus’ mission; Hold the bacon; Don’t cheer ethnic studies in Marin; etc.

by J. Readers July 9, 2021July 12, 2021

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