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an empty classroom with rows of desks
Posted inEducation

We love our kid’s school, but it perpetuates an unfair system

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
Several young men stand on top of a hill waving Israeli flags
Posted inOpinion

Annexation would fundamentally change the American Jewish community’s relationship with Israel. We must stop it.

Nancy K. Kaufman by Nancy K. Kaufman July 2, 2020July 6, 2020
The statue of Catholic missionary Junipero Serra in Golden Gate Park was torn down by protesters in June, 2020. (Photo/Wikimedia-Daderot CC0)
Posted inLocal Voice

Don’t tear down statues of offensive figures, paint them red 

Rosalind Franklin by Rosalind Franklin July 2, 2020
a painting of Joseph standing before Pharaoh and his courtiers
Posted inTorah

Lessons from a Biblical leader who confronted climate change

Adam Cole by Adam Cole July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
illustration: a silhouette of a man wearing a tallit and raising his fist in the air
Posted inUncategorized

I’ve been a rabbi fighting racial injustice for decades. But I have not done enough.

Rabbi Sid Schwarz by Rabbi Sid Schwarz June 30, 2020
Judah Benjamin, seen in a photo circa 1860, served as attorney general, secretary of war and secretary of state for the Confederacy. (Photo/JTA-MPI-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Our synagogues’ names are on a monument to Judah Benjamin. It’s time to take it down.

Rabbi Asher Knight by Rabbi Asher Knight June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
Protestors raise their fists during a moment of silence to remember black lives lost to police violence during a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Woburn, Mass., June 4, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jessica Rinaldi-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

UCSF should keep historic mural; welcoming Jews of color; annexation is a menace; don’t support BLM; etc.

by J. Readers June 26, 2020
Bruce Bierman leads a "Hasidic conga line" at LABA's DRUNK event at the East Bay JCC in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inOpinion

We must support our JCCs in these troubled times

by J. Editorial Board June 25, 2020
a pink flower
Posted inOpinion

Bright side of the lockdown? Appreciating the small things 

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
rows of suburban homes seen from the air
Posted inUncategorized

White Jews fled to the suburbs. Black Americans could not. Here’s why that matters today.

Hannah Lebovits by Hannah Lebovits June 23, 2020June 23, 2020

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