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Rabbi Beth Singer of S.F. Congregation Emanu-El — one of several local Jews running to help represent diaspora Jews in the 38th World Zionist Congress — dancing with a Torah during Women of the Wall's monthly service at the Western Wall, April 2015. (JTA/FLASH90/MIRIAM ALSTER)
Posted inEditorial

Make a difference — vote for the World Zionist Congress delegates who represent us in Israel

by J. Editorial Board March 4, 2020March 4, 2020
Five-year-old Greta Salmi as Queen Esther.
Posted inPurim

An eye-opening moment for a 5-year-old Queen Esther (me)

Greta Salmi by Greta Salmi March 3, 2020March 2, 2020
The cover of 1933's bilingual Yiddish-English cookbook “Crisco Recipes for the Jewish Housewife.”
Posted inHistory

Crisco and Jews: A story 4,000 years in the making

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross March 2, 2020March 2, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced this month that he will not appear at the 2020 AIPAC conference. (Getty Images/JTA Montage)
Posted inOpinion

AIPAC capitulated to the right long ago — it’s no surprise Bernie is skipping it

David Schraub by David Schraub February 27, 2020February 27, 2020
Men wearing suits portraying haredi Jews with an ant's abdomen and legs at the annual procession of the carnival in Aalst, Belgium, Feb. 23, 2020. (JTA/Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inWorld

I enjoyed the Belgian carnival that featured anti-Semitic floats. Then I searched for homes in Israel.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 26, 2020
Climate change is already affecting California, with fire season getting longer and more destructive, as seen in this photo of
the Fort Sage Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, which was closed temporarily in July 2017 due to fires.
 (Photo/Courtesy Bureau of Land Management)
Posted inOpinion

In 2020 election, American Zionists must make climate change their top priority

Rabbi Jonah Rank by Rabbi Jonah Rank February 25, 2020February 27, 2020
State lawmakers visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem on a trip to Israel organized by the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, Dec. 3, 2019. (Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus)
Posted inOpinion

Driven by values, Jewish legislators get it done in Sacramento

Ben AllenJesse Gabriel by Ben Allen and Jesse Gabriel February 24, 2020
Supporters of Donald Trump hold signs in Hebrew and English as the president speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, April 6, 2019. (JTA/Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Dershowitz was right; slavery reparations are misguided; Orthodox Jews wrong on Trump; etc.

by J. Readers February 21, 2020
Big turnout at a Feb. 3 UC Berkeley student union meeting where pro-Israel and anti-Israel student groups debated a measure to remove a controversial Bears for Palestine display.  (Twitter/StandWithUs)
Posted inEditorial

In latest Israel flare-up at UC Berkeley, the controversy itself is an ‘affront’

by J. Editorial Board February 20, 2020
Dec. 2018 reopening of the remodeled UC Berkeley Hillel building. (Photo/file)
Posted inUncategorized

Despite Israel tension, a strong support system for Jews at UC Berkeley

Karen Stiller by Karen Stiller February 19, 2020February 19, 2020

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