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Rabbi Yonatan Cohen of Congregation Beth Israel prepares for a virtual Passover class, April 2020. (Photo/Courtesy CBI)
Posted inOpinion

The role of rabbis and synagogues is more vital than ever

by J. Editorial Board May 28, 2020
Campers at Camp Be’chol Lashon, a summer camp for young Jews of color. (Courtesy Be'chol Lashon)
Posted inUncategorized

When you treat us as a mere statistic, you fail Jews of color like me

Marcella White Campbell by Marcella White Campbell May 28, 2020May 28, 2020
(Photo/Flickr-Robert Couse-Baker CC BY 2.0)
Posted inEducation

Why Jews should support the state’s high school ethnic studies curriculum

Rabbi Dev NoilyHazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman by Rabbi Dev Noily and Hazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Ben Cole as President Charles Linbergh (left) and John Turturro as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf in "The Plot Against America." (HBO)
Posted inHistory

FDR had a Jewish strategy much like the one in ‘Plot Against America’

Rafael Medoff by Rafael Medoff May 26, 2020May 26, 2020
Urban Adamah's "Party in the Sukkah: Adults Only" event in 2015. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inReligion

Mainstream Judaism needs to wake up

Yoav Schlesinger by Yoav Schlesinger May 25, 2020May 26, 2020
Local activists and leaders met in July 2018 in Berkeley to strategize about the new Jews of Color Field Building Initiative.
Posted inLocal Voice

Counting Jews of color: Are we asking the right questions?

Ari Kelman (Photo/Courtesy) by Ari Y. Kelman May 21, 2020
State Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond speaking to the press Aug. 14 about the state's proposed high school ethnic studies curriculum. (From left) Assemblyman Marc Berman, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Thurmond, Senator Ben Allen, Assemblyman Jose Medina (Photo/Facebook-Abby Porth)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why are school boards OK’ing California’s flawed ethnic studies model?

Rabbi Serena Eisenberg by Rabbi Serena Eisenberg May 21, 2020
Jews of color in communal leadership roles were invited to a think tank convened by the Leichtag Foundation in September 2016. (Photo/File)
Posted inLocal Voice

To accurately count Jews of color, we need to change our assumptions about Jews

Marc Dollinger by Marc Dollinger May 20, 2020May 21, 2020
Rabbi Daniel Stein (top right) leads candle lighting and some songs over Zoom before Shabbat, March 13, 2020. (Screenshot/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inOpinion

It’s time to build digital-first Jewish communities that will outlast the pandemic

Lex Rofeberg by Rabbi Lex Rofeberg May 19, 2020May 20, 2020
a flowery wedding canopy at sunset by the beach
Posted inLocal Voice

Who is officiating — and why?

Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce by Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce May 19, 2020

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