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Graphic (JTA) with photo of bodies of the Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz, Israelis abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, and later killed, passed to the Red Cross in Gaza, Feb. 20, 2025. (Hasan Eslayeh/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Hamas has made me hate. How can I pray for peace?

by Marc Katz February 25, 2025February 25, 2025
Havdalah ceremony
Posted inOpinion

‘Can’t check our identity at the door’: Insights from first survey of Queer Jews of Color

by Sage Cassell-Rosenberg February 24, 2025February 24, 2025
The Jewish community's support for Soviet Jewish emigrants was solid and widespread, as seen in this New York protest in the 1980s. Community support for today's Jewish immigrants remains critical, says J. guest contributor Analucía Lopezrevoredo. (Bernard Gotfryd/Library of Congress)
Posted inLocal Voice

Our defense of Jewish immigrants isn’t a remnant of the past. We need you now.

by Analucía Lopezrevoredo February 21, 2025February 21, 2025
Linda Stoch, left, and Michelle Terris, right, hold up Jews for Trump signs at the Republican National Convention, Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
Posted inLetters

Wake up, MAGA Jews; UC Berkeley still has work to do

by J. Readers February 19, 2025February 19, 2025
A photo of a laptop screen displaying the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps
Posted inOpinion

Trump wants to control the AP. I covered the Middle East for them — here’s what he’s got wrong.

by Dan Perry February 19, 2025February 19, 2025
a colorful painting in an alleyway shows a happy baby surrounded by balloons and giant cupcake
Posted inUncategorized

Hamas says Bibas family members will return to Israel — as corpses. The only appropriate response is rage.

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman February 19, 2025February 19, 2025
In the foreground, there is a stack of boxes that said USAID on them. In the background, a military helicopter sits on the tarmac.
Posted inLocal Voice

As a rabbi who used to work for USAID, I have to ask: Who will help when America turns away?

Rabbi Chayva Lehrman. (Photo/Emma Goss) by Rabbi Chayva Lehrman February 18, 2025February 19, 2025
Donald Trump speaking with attendees at a "Chase the Vote" rally at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, June 6, 2024. (Gage Skidmore via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Trump’s Gaza plan is terrible. So why don’t the Democrats have anything better?

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman February 18, 2025February 18, 2025
Neuroscientist Lisa Miller (left) addresses a room of Jewish educators at a conference in Berkeley on Feb. 6 as Jewish LearningWorks CEO Dana Sheanin looks on. (Courtesy Jewish LearningWorks/Laura Turbow Photography)
Posted inLocal Voice

Neuroscience shows how spiritual experiences can help with the teen mental health crisis

Alisha Pedowitz (Courtesy) by Alisha Pedowitz February 14, 2025February 14, 2025
"Pharaoh's Army Engulfed by the Red Sea" by Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1900
Posted inLocal Voice

If the Red Sea can split, we can find a new way forward for Gaza

Rabbi Nico Socolovsky by Rabbi Nico Socolovsky February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

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