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The Educational Bookshop on Salah Ad-din Street in East Jerusalem, as captured in November 2011. (Google Maps)
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s arrest of East Jerusalem booksellers is a grave, self-defeating error

by Yona Shem-Tov February 13, 2025February 13, 2025
Janet Silver Ghent dances with her father, Robin Martin Silver, at her first wedding in 1965. (Courtesy)
Posted inAct Two

My return to Judaism was a matter of joy and pride, not crises

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 12, 2025February 12, 2025
a heavily armored bulldozer plows through sandy terrain as an Israel flag waves on its back
Posted inLetters

Alameda County divestment, for and against — redux

by J. Readers February 10, 2025February 25, 2025
Man sits in small office with sofa and small on floor.
Posted inLocal Voice

Trump’s antisemitism probe doesn’t reflect UC Berkeley’s progress

by Ron E. Hassner February 7, 2025February 7, 2025
Left: Hen Mazzig in Israel with his mother, Cami, and his grandmother Hela, a Jewish refugee from Iraq who was forced to leave her home in Baghdad in 1951. (Reli Abrahami). Right: An Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1910 (Jewish Chronicle/Heritage Images/Getty Images).
Posted inFirst Person

My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.

headshot of a younger man in glasses by Hen Mazzig February 6, 2025February 6, 2025
(From left) Rabbi Menachem Margolin of the European Jewish Association, Elon Musk and right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro stand on stage at an EJA conference in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 22, 2024. (Courtesy EJA)
Posted inLocal Voice

Does Elon Musk hate Jews in his heart of hearts? That’s not the point

Jason Harris (Courtesy) by Jason Harris February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
a row of small trans flags along a curb
Posted inLocal Voice

Trump’s anti-trans executive orders terrify me — and they should scare you too

Jonah Sam Kaye by Jonah "Sam" Kaye February 4, 2025February 6, 2025
The author's kids, Mira (left) and Sam, sit dressed for Halloween on the doorstep of the family's former house in Altadena. (Courtesy of Rebecca Golbert)
Posted inFirst Person

Before the fires, Altadena was our magical place

Rebecca Golbert by Rebecca Golbert February 3, 2025February 3, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shares his autobiography with then-former President Donald Trump  at Trump's estate, Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, July 26, 2024. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inUncategorized

The ceasefire is fragile. Trump needs to preserve it. He’s got just one option

by Dan Perry January 29, 2025January 29, 2025
A man speaks at a lectern. Behind him, "Divest Now" signs can be seen among a seated crowd.
Posted inLocal Voice

Alameda County treasurer’s Israel divestment decision was personal and biased

Teresa Drenick (Courtesy) by Teresa Drenick January 28, 2025January 28, 2025

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