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Asi Levy and Sasson Gabay in "Bliss," which is a centerpiece film at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
Posted inFilm

Pro-Palestine protests are at every film festival. What’s so new about that?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox September 11, 2024September 11, 2024
Rabbi Alvin Kass is a Jewish chaplain with the NYPD
Posted inFirst Person

I was the NYPD’s only Jewish chaplain at ground zero. Here’s what I learned on 9/11

by Rabbi Alvin Kass September 11, 2024September 11, 2024
The level of antisemitism in the district is “quite rampant,” parent Mara Kolesas told the Berkeley Unified School District board on Nov. 1, 2023. (Screenshot)
Posted inLocal Voice

We can all help to better protect Bay Area Jewish kids at school this year

by Molly Jozer September 10, 2024September 10, 2024
a group of people, many wearing keffiyehs, sit and stand on the pavement together
Posted inLocal Voice

Everyone is talking about Palestinians this election cycle. No one is actually listening to us.

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib September 9, 2024September 9, 2024
People embrace
Posted inLocal Voice

Why Hersh’s death hit all of us so hard: He represented hope

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay September 6, 2024September 6, 2024
Jewish people at a shooting range training in February of 2024. (Andrew Esensten/J. Staff)
Posted inLetters

Guns, no thanks; dress code, yes please; Etc.

by J. Readers September 5, 2024September 5, 2024
Rachel Goldberg, the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, sits next to a poster of her son on May 29, 2024. (Ahikam Seri/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

From Rachel Goldberg, we heard the piercing cry of Jewish motherhood

Meg Keene (Courtesy) by Meg Keene September 5, 2024September 6, 2024
a smiling bearded man takes a selfie with an older woman in pink-tinted sunglasses
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I can’t get anything I want at Alice’s restaurant — and I can live with that

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz by Rabbi Zac Kamenetz August 29, 2024August 29, 2024
a grid of heads as in a Zoom meeting
Posted inLocal Voice

In the U.S. and Israel, narcissistic leaders put our lives in danger

David Meyers by David Meyers August 28, 2024August 28, 2024
A screen displays info about the Nova festival at The Nova Music Festival Exhibition: "October 7th 06:29 AM, The Moment Music Stood Still." (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images for The Nova Music Festival Exhibition)
Posted inFirst Person

Why everyone should go see the Nova Exhibition in Los Angeles

by Josh Katz August 27, 2024August 27, 2024

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