Local Voice With the Jewish healing center closing, who will be there for you? Everybody comes to the hospital. That’s one thing I sometimes tell my patients at UCSF Health, and today it’s my message to the Bay Area Jewish community.… By Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher Jun 16, 2022
First Person A glimmer of hope from a diverse group of San Francisco fifth-graders On June 1, I put down my newspaper — filled with articles about wars, Covid, drought and, most horrid, the massacre of school children — and walked two… By Meta Pasternak Jun 15, 2022
Opinion I rallied for Israel's survival in 1967. Now I worry about its future. The first time I went to the Hollywood Bowl was 55 years ago, on June 11, 1967. As a 14-year-old, I went to the Bowl with my family for the “Rally for the… By Jonathan Jacoby, Forward Jun 13, 2022
TV Why ‘Stranger Things’ fans are getting tattoos that evoke the Holocaust When you think of numbers tattooed on wrists, you probably think of Auschwitz and Holocaust survivors with numbers inked on their forearms. But for some… By Mira Fox, Forward Jun 9, 2022
Opinion Reparations for Black Californians? Let the Jewish experience guide us. Jewish victims of the Holocaust have so far received over $90 billion in reparations, while African Americans who were enslaved and their descendants… By Rob Eshman, Forward Jun 9, 2022
Opinion Jewish environmental thought is not ready for the climate crisis Smoke from California’s fires is regularly bad enough to tint the sun on the other side of the country. Pakistan and India just experienced a devastating… By David Zvi Kalman, JTA Jun 8, 2022
Letters Chabad vs. Russia; Swastika vs. hakenkreuz; etc. More on Chabad vs. Russia I read with interest the article about Russia’s ban on the Chabad rabbis who are leading the effort to return the Schneerson… By J. Readers Jun 7, 2022
Opinion It’s time to talk seriously about a Confederation of Israel and Palestine It’s hard not to feel hopeless about the prospects for peace in the holy land. It has been that way for a long time. But last week I heard a proposal that… By Jodi Rudoren, Forward Jun 6, 2022
Local Voice The first woman rabbi in the U.S. was ordained 50 years ago today In 1972, when Sally Priesand was ordained as the first woman rabbi in America, Richard Nixon was president of the United States, Congress voted to send… By Rabbi Amy Eilberg Jun 3, 2022