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Keshira haLev Fife, a kohenet (Hebrew priestess), is the founder and leader of Kesher Pittsburgh, an independent, post-denominational Jewish community. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Fife)
Posted inOpinion

Don’t call them ‘fringe’: Innovative Jewish groups seek respect from the mainstream

Gary Rosenblatt by Gary Rosenblatt and JTA February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci listens to President Joe Biden at the National Institutes of Health, Feb. 11, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Hooray for Dr. Fauci; Wise up, progressives; More on SF school renaming; That Gabe Stutman sure is great; etc.

by J. Readers February 19, 2021February 19, 2021
Kiki Lipsett as Esther in the 2019 "Irreverently Yours, The Shushan Queens" Purim spiel at the Starline Social Club in Oakland. (Photo/Courtesy Kiki Lipsett)
Posted inOpinion

Purim reminds us how to heal hearts through laughter

by J. Editorial Board February 18, 2021
Downtown San Jose at night. (Photo/Flickr-Mike Boening CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

San Jose mayor, Santa Clara DA: ‘We resolve to combat antisemitism’

Sam LiccardoJeff Rosen by Sam Liccardo and Jeff Rosen February 16, 2021
Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris,  at a campaign rally in Denver, Oct. 8, 2020. (Photo/Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Harris’ stepdaughter accidentally highlights the complexity of Jewish identity

Loolwa Khazzoom by Loolwa Khazzoom February 15, 2021February 15, 2021
Daniel Bral is an attorney and international law author who lives in Los Angeles.
Posted inOpinion

Progressive — with some strings attached

Daniel Bral by Daniel Bral February 12, 2021February 12, 2021
A young Flory Jagoda, the woman who would go on to become the doyenne of Ladino music.
Posted inOpinion

We’re running out of time to preserve endangered Jewish languages. Here’s how we can stop them from being lost forever.

Sarah Bunin Benor by Sarah Bunin Benor and JTA February 9, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-Scazon CC BY 2.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

Local Jewish groups worked for years to fix the California ethnic studies curriculum. Please don’t minimize our work.

Sarah Levin by Sarah Levin and JTA February 8, 2021
Police use tear gas around the Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters breached the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Lev Radin-Pacific Press-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

‘Totalitarian’ school renaming; Equating twerps with Nazis; Enjoy your plastic straws!

by J. Readers February 5, 2021February 5, 2021
Feinstein Elementary, named for current U.S. Senator and former San Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein, will be renamed under the new plan. (Photo/Google Maps)
Posted inOpinion

S.F. school board must prioritize reopening schools, not renaming them

by J. Editorial Board February 4, 2021February 4, 2021

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