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a chain of protesters hold hands, block a street -- their banner says "Jewish Resistance"
Posted inOpinion

Get ready for the new wave: Young, passionately Jewish — and anti-Zionist

Spencer Sunshine by Spencer Sunshine July 10, 2019July 10, 2019
The line for a San Francisco Jewish Film Festival screening in 2013 (Photo/from file)
Posted inTV & Film

An ode to the line for the ladies’ room at the S.F. Jewish Film Fest

Sheri Cohen by Sheri Cohen July 9, 2019July 9, 2019
(Photo/Wikimedia-Michael Pihulic CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

Being a Jew at a notoriously anti-Israel college is exhausting

by Bria Rosenberg July 8, 2019
Emily Leyfer (second from right) with other teens on a BBYO-sponsored trip to Germany
Posted inTravel

As a child of Russian Jews, I used to worry I wasn’t Jewish enough. A teen trip to Germany changed my mind.

Emily Leyfer by Emily Leyfer July 5, 2019July 8, 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 inHistory

What will we tell the descendants of children detained by our government?

Donald C. Cutler by Donald C. Cutler July 2, 2019July 2, 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 inLocal Voice

A historian’s perspective: Concentration camps in America?

David Biale by David Biale July 1, 2019July 1, 2019
(Clockwise from left) J. writers, editors and contributors who won 2019 American Jewish Press Association awards: Editor Sue Fishkoff, Contributing Editor Alix Wall, Culture Editor Laura Paull, freelancer and former staffer Shoshana Hebshi, staff writer Maya Mirsky, contributor David Waksberg, freelancer and former staff writer Joe Eskenazi, contributor Yoav Potash
Posted inEditorial

Confirmation of J.’s value in the Bay Area Jewish community

by J. Editorial Board June 28, 2019
Marchers holding Jewish pride flags debate with marshals of the 2019 DC Dyke March. The marchers were allowed in after being blocked. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inLetters

Anti-Zionism on the left; anti-Zionism on the left; Yiddish is great

by J. Readers June 27, 2019
The World War I memorial cross in Bladensburg, Maryland, is built on public land and its maintenance is paid for with public funds. (Photo/JTA-Eric Baradat-AFP-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

SCOTUS decision allowing a taxpayer-funded cross is dangerous for Jews

Joshua Z. Rokach by Joshua Z. Rokach June 25, 2019June 25, 2019
Students praying at the Jewish Herzlia school in Cape Town in the 1960s (Photo/Courtesy South African Jewish Museum)
Posted inFirst Person

Reinvigorating my Jewish soul in Cape Town

Mervyn Danker by Mervyn Danker June 24, 2019

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