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The Rev. Jim Mitulski is the interim pastor of the Island United Church UCC in Foster City, co-president of the Peninsula Multifaith Coalition and a member of the Peninsula Solidarity Cohort. 

First Person

Christian pastor: This Holy Week, I’m giving up antisemitism

This piece first appeared in the San Mateo Daily Journal and is reprinted with permission. Two years ago this week, my book buddy Jim Van Buskirk and I…
By Rev. Jim Mitulski Mar 26, 2021
(Photo-Justin Elson-Flickr Commons)

Local Voice

Retired judge on Passover and criminal justice reform

As Passover approaches, I reflect on its inspiration. Passover, beginning on March 27 this year, celebrates the quest for justice, and that value has…
By Ellen Chaitin Mar 25, 2021
Mourners picketing after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. (Photo/Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation and Archives)

History

110 years later, the Triangle Factory Fire still has lessons to teach

March 25, 1911. A dropped cigarette on the eighth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory adjacent to New York City’s Washington Square started the fire.…
By Judy Baston Mar 24, 2021
A Palestinian man who works in Israel receives the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel, March 9, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Amir Levy-Getty Images)

Opinion

Stop splitting hairs. Israel should help vaccinate Palestinians.

While the world tries to quickly and safely vaccinate as many people as possible against Covid-19, I’ve watched a particularly inane legal debate with…
By Matan Arad-Neeman, JTA Mar 24, 2021
One of the many hotels Jenny Wong's parents worked at as new immigrants in America.

Local Voice

Asian Americans like me are finding the courage to share our trauma 

Many in the community may know me as Berkeley’s elected city auditor. In that role, I project an image of professionalism, competence, and the confidence…
By Jenny Wong Mar 23, 2021
View of the San Fernando Valley from the Santa Monica Mountains. (Photo/Wikimedia-Oakshade CC BY-SA 3.0)

First Person

Last Passover we said, ‘Next year in Calabasas!’ This year we’re doing it.

Each year as the last winter storm threatens the West Coast and ultimately disappoints forecasters, my mother sends the email to the list. Littered with…
By Donald C. Cutler Mar 22, 2021
Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum in 2011. (Photo/Joyce Goldschmid)

Letters

Farewell to Rabbi Teitelbaum; Ethnic studies curriculum is bad; etc.

RIP, Rabbi Teitelbaum I was very saddened to hear about the passing of Rabbi Teitelbaum (“Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum, who marched in Selma, dies at 94,”…
By J. Readers Mar 19, 2021
a white man with a black mask over her nose and mouth stands at the front of a classroom

Editorial

The local Jewish response to Covid has shown us at our best

Resilience, persistence, ingenuity and generosity. These watchwords aptly describe the Bay Area Jewish community’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.…
By J. Editorial Board Mar 18, 2021
Hundreds march through Chinatown en route to the State House during a Stop Asian Hate Boston rally, March 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Erin Clark-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

First Person

Asian Jews are suffering. We need you to listen.

A version of this essay originally appeared on Alma. Over the years, I’ve dealt with a lot of reactions to the fact that I am Korean and Jewish. They’ve…
By Rebecca Kuss, JTA Mar 18, 2021
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