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Immersion in a ritual bath is required for conversion to Judaism under Jewish law. (Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

For this I became a Jew? Yes, for exactly this I became a Jew.

Meg Keene (Courtesy) by Meg Keene June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
Jewish Community High School of the Bay graduates in 2019. (Barbara Butkus Photography)
Posted inYouth Voice

In their own words: How Jewish high schools shaped graduating seniors

by J. Staff June 3, 2025June 4, 2025
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews' daily vigil in front of the Soviet Consulate, Nov. 24, 1986 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inLetters

That’s not Jewish wine. He’s the wicked son. Food aid shouldn’t be political.

by J. Staff May 30, 2025May 30, 2025
A protester's signs reference changes at the Education Department, among other Trump administration moves, at a rally against potential federal funding cuts at UC Berkeley at Sproul Plaza, March 19, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inLocal Voice

56 local rabbis on the wrong way to stop antisemitism

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 29, 2025May 29, 2025
European synagogues, like the bunker-esque Ulm Synagogue in Germany, are built with security as the highest priority. (Andreas F. Borchert via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

What kind of house do American Jews want to live in?

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay May 28, 2025May 29, 2025
Torah is increasingly accessible online. (Illustration by Grace Yagel)
Posted inOpinion

The Torah was a gift — and ‘fair use’ is the very point of its revelation

Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld (Courtesy) by Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld May 28, 2025May 28, 2025
Dan Senor delivers "The State of World Jewry" speech at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, May 13, 2025. (Mark Doyle/Michael Priest Photography)
Posted inAnalysis

Two writers offer very different views of the ‘state of the Jews’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 20, 2025May 20, 2025
"Free Palestine" graffiti at Stanford University, June 5, 2024 (Andrew Esensten/J. Staff)
Posted inLetters

Diatribe at Yom HaShoah program. This newspaper angers me. Etc.

by J. Readers May 16, 2025May 16, 2025
Pictures of banners  supporting Kanye West's comments about Jews went viral after members of the Goyim Defense League hate group dropped them from an overpass in Los Angeles, Oct. 22, 2022. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inLocal Voice

Kanye West’s ‘Heil Hitler’ song turns hate into a hook

Morgan Blum Schneider, the director of the JFCS Holocaust Center, a program of Jewish Family
and Children’s Services. (Courtesy) by Morgan Blum Schneider May 14, 2025May 14, 2025
Like many American Jews, Pope Leo XIV is a big fan of baseball. The outfield video board displays a congratulatory message for him at the Chicago White Sox's Rate Field on May 9, 2025. (Abigail Dean/Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Will Pope Leo XIV be good for the Jews?

by Ethan Schwartz May 14, 2025May 14, 2025

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