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      The scene outside La Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, bedecked with Tunisian flags for the annual Lag B'Omer pilgrimage. (Photo/Adam Eilath)

      First Person

      Tragedy can't overshadow the joy of our Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage

      Two weeks ago, I traveled from the Bay Area to Tunisia with my 6-year-old daughter. We were at the historic La Ghriba synagogue in Djerba celebrating Lag…
      By Adam Eilath May 24, 2023
      (Graphic/JTA-Mollie Suss)

      Opinion

      As a small-town rabbi, I know how to close the Jewish class divide

      (JTA) — When you walk into the back door at my home away from home, Beth Israel Congregation of Waterville, Maine, you’re greeted with a faint scent of…
      By Rabbi Rachel Isaacs May 19, 2023
      Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park (Photo/Flickr-Patrick G CC)

      Opinion

      Stow Lake is named for an antisemite. What should its new name be?

      In the heart of Golden Gate Park is a charming lake with a boathouse. It’s well shaded and a favorite spot for birdwatchers, casual walkers and boaters.…
      By David A.M. Wilensky May 19, 2023
      Neo-Nazis and white Supremacists take part in a march the night before the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Aug. 11, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Zach D Roberts-NurPhoto via Getty Images)

      Opinion

      Why Jews should care that Vice Media is collapsing

      This story was originally published in the Forward. The torrent of news coverage of Vice Media’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy can be summarized in…
      By Rob Eshman May 16, 2023
      Britain's King Charles III (left) wearing the state crown and carrying the Sovereign's Orb and Sceptre meets faith leaders, including British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (second from right), as he leaves Westminster Abbey after the Coronation Ceremonies on May 6, 2023 in London. (Photo/JTA-Ben Stansall-WPA Pool-Getty Images)

      First Person

      An American rabbi in King Charles' court

      Perhaps the strangest part was sitting through a Sunday service in the 1,000-year-old nave of St. Albans Cathedral (the longest nave in England!) and…
      By Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet, JTA May 10, 2023
      Judy Blume in the new documentary "Judy Blume Forever." (Photo/Courtesy Prime Video)

      Letters

      Judy Blume, force for good; Congress' foul Israel decree; etc.

      ‘A powerful force for good’ I just read Janet Silver Ghent’s column and wanted to thank you and her for the writeup about the recently released…
      By J. Readers May 10, 2023
      Shlomi Ravid with family at a protest against the Israeli government's judicial reform plan in Tel Aviv.

      Opinion

      Israel’s judicial crisis marks a moment of truth for world Jewry

      The current struggle over democracy here in Israel is by no means an internal issue. It relates to every Jew who considers Israel the nation state of the…
      By Shlomi Ravid May 8, 2023
      Sen. Dianne Feinstein walks to the Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol Building, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Anna Moneymaker-Getty Images)

      Opinion

      Of course Dianne Feinstein doesn’t want to go. Neither did Moses.

      It feels like piling on to say what almost everyone, including people closest to Sen. Diane Feinstein, have been saying for a while: she needs to resign.…
      By Rob Eshman, Forward May 8, 2023
      a tattered american flag is seen waving through barbed wire in the foreground

      Local Voice

      We must restore the voting rights of incarcerated Californians

      I couldn’t be more impressed with two bills in the California Legislature that seek to include incarcerated people in voting.  Assembly…
      By Jo Kreiter May 2, 2023
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