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There's nothing shocking about saying Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. For example: Here's the Israeli parliament, the Knesset — in Jerusalem. (Photo/Wikimedia-Adiel lo CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inOpinion

Trump’s Jerusalem play puts Israel in the catbird seat

Martin Wasserman by Martin Wasserman December 21, 2017December 20, 2017
Zack Bodner (center, back row) and the mitzvah team in Houston.
Posted inOpinion

Hanukkah in Houston, shedding a sweet light in darkness

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner December 18, 2017December 18, 2017
Rabbi David Kaufman and his wife, Julie, attending the White House Hanukkah party in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2017. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi David Kaufman)
Posted inUncategorized

I was the only Reform rabbi at the Trump Hanukkah party

Rabbi David Kaufman by Rabbi David Kaufman December 15, 2017
Aryae Coopersmith (right) with Shlomo Carlebach at the House of Love and Prayer in San Francisco
Posted inOpinion

Purge Reb Shlomo? It’s more complicated than that

Aryae Coopersmith by Aryae Coopersmith December 14, 2017December 14, 2017
A protester and sheriff’s deputy near at the Standing Rock protest in 2016 (Photo/Nanette Phillips)
Posted inOpinion

Standing Rock, Hanukkah, and miracles of resistance against tyranny

Ami Goodman by Ami Goodman December 14, 2017December 14, 2017
Singer dances in the center of a group of women, smiling and hosting a Torah scroll up over her head
Posted inOpinion

When women rabbis say #MeToo, communities must pay attention

Rabbi Hara Person by Rabbi Hara Person December 13, 2017
Shlomo Carlebach at his 1960s base of operations, the House of Love and Prayer in San Francisco
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How to purge the music of Shlomo Carlebach in the age of #MeToo

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 12, 2017December 12, 2017
Dennis Prager speaking at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland (Photo/Flickr-Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Noisy hecklers and personal barbs at on-stage Israel debate

by Dan Pine December 11, 2017December 12, 2017
An Israeli soldier stands guard in the West Bank town of Hebron, which is starkly divided between Jewish settlers and Palestinian residents. (Photo/Flickr-pal_pics CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Settlements, coexistence, whatever — lay off Federation’s donor-advised grants

by J. Readers December 10, 2017December 8, 2017
Do investments in industries like oil drilling underminie the noble values of Jewish institutions?
 (Photo/Wikimedia-Qyd CC BY-SA 3.0)
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It’s time to de-treyf the Jewish community’s endowments

Yosef I. Abramowitz by Yosef I. Abramowitz December 8, 2017December 8, 2017

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