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dancing hippies, black and white
Posted inLetters, Opinion

Spirit of Summer of Love lives on in wisdom circles

by J. Readers July 17, 2017July 14, 2017
a boy cradles a Torah scroll in front of the wall
Posted inLetters, Opinion

What right have liberal Jews to insist on changes at the Kotel?

by J. Readers July 16, 2017July 13, 2017
A view of the Western Wall during Sukkot 2015 (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-AFP-Gil Cohen)
Posted inEditorial, Opinion

A painful rift between Israel and the diaspora

by J. Editorial Board July 14, 2017July 12, 2017
the stencil says "my heroes have always killed colonizers"
Posted inLetters, Opinion

Anti-Semitism at SFSU — enough is enough

by J. Readers July 13, 2017July 12, 2017
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inLetters, Opinion

Comparing convicted terrorist to MLK is offensive

by J. Readers July 12, 2017
"The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah," John Martin, 1852
Posted inOpinion

How to become a Sodomite in five easy steps!

Rabbi Mike Rothbaum by Rabbi Michael Rothbaum July 7, 2017July 7, 2017
A Jewish tombstone built into the side of a building in Thessaloniki, Greece (Photo/Zack Bodner)
Posted inFirst Person, Local Voice, Opinion

Repurposed or repugnant? Old Jewish tombstones find new life in Greek city

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner July 6, 2017July 6, 2017
men and woman prayer toward the wall, backs to the camera
Posted inOpinion

American Jews really do care about pluralism in Israel. But there’s more to it.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 5, 2017January 12, 2018
Mae Rockland Tupa’s "Hanukkah Lamp," 1974
Posted inLocal Voice, History, Opinion

Is the Statue of Liberty a Jewish woman?

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross July 3, 2017July 3, 2019
a man sits before preschool kids blowing a shofar
Posted inOpinion

Fewer marriages and births means fewer people doing Jewish

Steven M. CohenSylvia Barack Fishman by Steven M. Cohen and Sylvia Barack Fishman July 2, 2017June 30, 2017

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