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Dana Sheanin is the chief learning officer at S.F.-based Jewish LearningWorks. 
Posted inLocal Voice

Time to close the gender gap in Jewish organizations

Dana Sheanin (Photo/Courtesy Jewish LearningWorks) by Dana Sheanin May 15, 2019
President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, attend a Hanukkah reception at the White House, Dec. 6, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Oliver Contreras-Pool-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Why Trump desperately needs a White House Jewish liaison

Aaron Keyak by Aaron Keyak May 13, 2019May 15, 2019
A teenager visiting the Berlin Holocaust Memorial (Photo/Julie Levine)
Posted inYom HaShoah

After years at a Jewish school, moving to a secular school has been a rude awakening

Talia Bodner by Talia Bodner May 10, 2019May 15, 2019
Israelis display their nation's flag as they revel in Independence Day celebrations, May 8, 2019. (Photo/Hadas Parush-Flash90)
Posted inYom HaZikaron

Back-to-back Israeli holidays are exhausting — and emotionally manipulative

Elana Sztokman by Elana Sztokman May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
Adah Forer in Israel
Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

My heart was in the East. Now, my body is too.

Adah Forer by Adah Forer May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
In the aftermath of the Six-Day War, a huge crowd streamed toward the Western Wall. (Courtesy/Linda Kurtz)
Posted inYom HaZikaron

The journey from Passover to Israel Independence Day

Shlomi Kofman by Shlomi Kofman May 7, 2019May 7, 2019
(Photo/Pxhere)
Posted inFirst Person

Judaism saved me from myself during my manic episode

Juliette Hirt by Juliette Hirt May 6, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar at a news conference on prescription drugs at the Capitol, Jan. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Alex Wong-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Insights on the Pharisees; policy hopes for Biden; anti-Semitism on the left; etc.

by J. Readers May 3, 2019
Mourners leave mementos across the street from the Chabad Community Center in Poway, April 29, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Gabrielle Birkner)
Posted inEditorial

We must not let grief numb us to reality

by J. Editorial Board May 2, 2019May 2, 2019
two black patches with gold wording — one patch in english, one patch in yiddish
Posted inLocal Voice

We will outlive them. But how?

Donald C. Cutler by Donald C. Cutler May 1, 2019May 15, 2019

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