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rows of mostly older men sit in chairs, while others wave Palestinian flags behind them
Posted inUncategorized

Peter Beinart ignores an inconvenient truth: Israelis and Palestinians haven’t given up on a two-state solution

Noga Tarnopolsky by Noga Tarnopolsky August 3, 2020August 3, 2020
an old man wearing a blue face mask
Posted inLocal Voice

We’re seasoned citizens, not expendable! Don’t count us out.

by Evie Groch July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
a dark-haired woman in glasses smiles, sitting at a desk
Posted inOpinion

Where is the tolerance for conservative views?

Mervyn Danker by Mervyn Danker July 29, 2020
Reading mournful texts in the dark is a Tisha B'Av tradition. (Photo/JTA-Yaakov Lederman-Flash90)
Posted inTisha B'Av

Most Jews don’t know much about Tisha B’Av. That gives us educators a huge opportunity.

Tova Birnbaum by Tova Birnbaum July 28, 2020July 28, 2020
A Black Lives Matter sign outside the White House during a protest in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing, June 7, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Aurora Samperio-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

J. is fake news; Kushner is no celebrity; BLM is bad for the Jews; etc.

by J. Readers July 28, 2020
Left: Elan Carr, the U.S. Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, at the Champions of Jewish Values 2020 Gala at Carnegie Hall in New York City, March 3, 2020. Right: Carr's tweet condemning a post from J Street.
Posted inOpinion

Antisemitism is rising worldwide — so why is Trump’s special envoy targeting the president’s American Jewish critics?

Hannah Rosenthal by Hannah Rosenthal July 27, 2020July 27, 2020
a classroom with desks spaced evenly throughout
Posted inEditorial

The geometry of Covid-19

by J. Editorial Board July 27, 2020July 27, 2020
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Posted inLocal Voice

We need an ethnic studies curriculum that respects all minorities

Rivka KeithGrayson PetersIlana Hamer by Rivka Keith, Grayson Peters and Ilana Hamer July 21, 2020July 27, 2020
Writer Ari Bornstein holds up an Israeli flag in Jerusalem.
Posted inLocal Voice

Why I am leaving the Bay Area and enlisting in the IDF

Ari Bornstein by Ari Bornstein July 21, 2020June 4, 2021
Kyle Rapps
Posted inJewish Life

‘All you gotta do is listen’: Connecting at a Black-Jewish Shabbat marathon

Photo of Adam Swig by Adam Swig July 20, 2020July 22, 2020

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