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Posted inOpinion

I don’t want to see another cop in front of my synagogue

by Elena Gormley July 22, 2019July 22, 2019
Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon during the NASA Apollo 11 mission. Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, after Neil Armstrong. (Photo/JTA-Hulton Archive-Getty Images)
Posted inHistory

The kid in me wants another national moon shot, if not another shot at the moon

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 18, 2019
Laurel Javors (left) and Rafi Daugherty listen as another couple receives a civil union license in Denver in 2013 (Photo/JTA-Marc Piscotty-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

I’m an Orthodox rabbi, and I officiate at LGBTQ weddings

Rabbi Avram Mlotek by Rabbi Avram Mlotek and JTA July 18, 2019October 28, 2020
Attorney General William Barr speaks at the Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism at the Department of Justice in Washington, July 15, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Donald Trump and the perils of loving Israel just a little too much

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 16, 2019July 16, 2019
Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who was in his grandmother's backyard in Sacramento when he was shot and killed by police, with his wife and children. (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inLocal Voice

AB 392 must become law. My black son’s life is at stake.

Ilana Lutz by Ilana Lutz July 16, 2019July 15, 2019
The late Chabad rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in Brooklyn, May 1987 (Photo/Wikimedia CC BY 3.0)
Posted inOpinion

The Chabad Rebbe died 25 years ago, but his impact lives on across all Jewish denominations

by Sue Fishkoff July 15, 2019July 15, 2019
Immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol seen at the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, June 17, 2018. (Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Posted inLetters

Letters: Flags, immigrants, Holocaust, etc.

by J. Readers July 14, 2019July 26, 2019
A Jewish attendee of the California Democratic Party's state convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, May 31, 2019 (Photo/Dan Pine)
Posted inLocal Voice

California Democrats need to stop demonizing Israel

David Kadosh by David Kadosh July 13, 2019July 11, 2019
Rabbi Samantha Kahn from InterfaithFamily Bay Area officiates a wedding (Photo/Courtesy InterfaithFamily)
Posted inOpinion

Intermarried Jews are not a ‘second Holocaust,’ regardless of what any Israeli politician says

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz July 12, 2019July 12, 2019
Illegally assembled AR-15-style assault rifle and ammunition magazines recovered during a search of Ross Farca's Concord home. (Photo/Concord Police Department)
Posted inEditorial

Violent anti-Semitism is a clear and present danger in our own backyard

by J. Editorial Board July 11, 2019August 9, 2019

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