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Terry Friedkin with five of her grandchildren. (Courtesy Friedkin)
Posted inFirst Person

Our community must not ignore fertility issues

Terry Friedkin by Terry Friedkin November 12, 2019November 13, 2019
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann was inaugurated last month as the first non-Christian president of Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. (Courtesy GTU)
Posted inUncategorized

GTU’s new Jewish president on spiritual care in a time of division

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann by Rabbi Daniel Lehmann November 11, 2019November 12, 2019
A destroyed Jewish clothing store in Magdeburg, Germany, after Kristallnacht, Nov. 11, 1938. (JTA)
Posted inOpinion

The glass is still breaking — remembering Kristallnacht in 2019

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel November 7, 2019November 7, 2019
Painting: “Noah’s Ark on the Mount Ararat,” oil on panel, Simone de Myle, 1570. Collage: J. Staff
Posted inLocal Voice

The tweets of Twitter vs. the chirps of Torah

Ben Kramarz by Ben Kramarz November 6, 2019
Officers taking a group of Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Texas, June 12, 2018. (Photo/JTA-John Moore-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Fear, trauma and sickness: this migrant detention center is no summer camp

Shiriel King Abramson by Shiriel King Abramson November 5, 2019November 5, 2019
Bernie Sanders at a 4th of July parade in Pella, Iowa, July 4, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Joshua Lott-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Bernie is not good; Roy Cohn is not bad; and pack the court!

by J. Readers November 1, 2019October 31, 2019
Firefighters from San Luis Obispo deployed in Sonoma /San Luis Obispo Fire Department
Posted inEditorial

The Earth is trying to tell us something

by J. Editorial Board October 30, 2019October 30, 2019
Conditions near Santa Rosa, Oct. 28, 2019. /Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department-Twitter
Posted inFirst Person

My dad’s escape from smoke-filled Sebastopol

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 29, 2019October 29, 2019
Members of the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US, hold a swastika burning after a rally on April 21, 2018 in Draketown, Georgia. /JTA-Spencer Platt-Getty Images
Posted inOpinion

Violent white supremacy is on the rise. Here’s how we stop it.

Oren Segal by Oren Segal October 29, 2019October 28, 2019
President Donald Trump walks at the White House, Aug. 20, 2019. (JTA/Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Anti-Semitism is rising in the U.S. — and many Jews blame Trump

Aaron Keyak by Aaron Keyak October 28, 2019October 30, 2019

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