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Jan Zauzmer is advocating for rabbis to bring politics to the bimah. (Illustration/JTA-Charles Dunst; Photo/JTA-Ahuva)
Posted inHolidays

High Holidays are no time for ‘civil’ discourse this year

by Jan Zauzmer August 29, 2018August 11, 2022
Member of Knesset Rachel Azaria of the Kulanu party is removed by security guards at a Knesset meeting on the nation-state law, July 16, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Alster-Flash90)
Posted inOpinion

High Holidays plea: Listen to both sides in Israel’s nation-state debate

Rabbi Avi Weiss by Rabbi Avi Weiss August 27, 2018August 27, 2018
Sign at the entrance to Camp Tawonga (Photo/file)
Posted inLetters

More voices of Jews of color! Church music is cool! Our Torah column is offensive! Etc!

by J. Readers August 24, 2018August 24, 2018
Left to right: Danny Grossman, CEO of S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation; Rabbi James Brandt, recently resigned CEO of Jewish Federation of the East Bay; Jyl Jurman, CEO of Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley
Posted inEditorial

A 3-federation merger? Not a bad idea

by J. Editorial Board August 23, 2018August 24, 2018
University of San Francisco (Photo/Flickr-Eric Chan CC BY 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized, Local Voice

Looking forward to more ulpan-filled summers at USF

Maliha A. Khan by Maliha A. Khan August 22, 2018
Silhouette of someone shouting into a megaphone
Posted inLocal Voice

What Torah can tell us about the cruelty of social media

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 20, 2018August 21, 2018
2018 Pride Parade in Jerusalem (Photo/A Wider Bridge)
Posted inUncategorized

Why we’re adding $$$ for LGBTQ advocacy in Israel

Tyler Gregory by Tye Gregory August 17, 2018
Daveed Diggs in "Blindspotting"
Posted inOpinion

The cost of locking Jews of color out of the Jewish literary canon

Mik Moore by Mik Moore August 17, 2018
Adam Driver, left, and John David Washington in a scene from Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman." (Photo/David Lee-Focus Features)
Posted inTV & Film

‘BlacKkKlansman’ and the possibilities, then and now, of a black-Jewish alliance

Marc Dollinger by Marc Dollinger August 15, 2018August 15, 2018
a woman carries a child away from a raft on a beach in Europe
Posted inLocal Voice

Learning from Germans: how not to be a bystander

Miriam Zimmerman by Miriam Zimmerman August 14, 2018August 16, 2022

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